Schools are essential in equipping young people with the scientific knowledge, mindset & motivation to fight #ClimateChange. But are they ready? Read my blog that draws from the OECD #SkillsOutlook2023. bit.ly/47vykt7 #OECDCentre4Skills El Iza Mohamedou OECD Education

For all who love Louis Armstrong and happen to be in NYC, check out this fascinating article by Ethan Iverson and be sure to visit the extraordinary Louis Armstrong in Queens (thenation.com/article/cultur…) #louisarmstrong

Just found a great book for some holiday reading (and giving, shhhhh, plz!): “In the Footsteps of Du Fu” by Michael Wood #dufu #poetryislife theguardian.com/books/2023/nov…

Beautiful: nature, life, being, love, miracles, stillness…everything about the journey to which ⁦Leanne Ogasawara⁩ invites us in her wonderful meditation, “Six Persimmons and The Heart of Zen” #muqi #sixpersimmons #ichigoichie 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2…

Will A.I. tutoring bots transform education, for better or for worse? To find out, I spent the last few weeks speaking with experts like Sal Khan of Khan Academy and Randi Weingarten AFT. Here's what they told us: nytimes.com/2024/01/11/tec…

A wonderfully elegant, thoroughly thought-provoking reflection re: the joys and challenges of personal identity in today’s college classroom by Isabella Cho: “Is Pedagogy About Us?” (harvardmagazine.com/2024/01/univer…) #fortheloveofliterature

'At a moment when everything in America seemed to be accelerating, Thoreau, always true to form, came up with a counterproposal: slow down, do as little as you need to. Nothing, ideally.' Costica Bradatan on Thoreau the-tls.co.uk/articles/henry…

Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

dreaminginjapanese.substack.com/p/what-would-c… One of the hallmarks of the Confucian project is the relentless aim at self-improvement and the cultivation of one’s character. This is an endeavor that lasts a person’s entire life and demands much self-reflection, circumspection and yes, hard work.

Inventeur du haïku, vivant dans la nature en ermite, il a consacré sa vie à la poésie et à la méditation tout en parcourant inlassablement le Japon. ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/EQQ

In a world that is increasingly multilingual, becoming a hyperpolyglot—a speaker of more than 11 languages—remains a rare, herculean feat. nyer.cm/U16gwSV

Interesting: « Gen-Z Students are Choosing a Trade over College » #genz #makerrevolution #vocationsintheageofAI theguardian.com/education/arti…

Here's the links for my conversation with Sara Walker: YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=wwhTfy… Podcast: lexfridman.com/podcast

SUPER thought-provoking: «How to Raise Your Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with [child psychology professor] Alison Gopnik and [computer science professor] Melanie Mitchell» #artificialintelligence #AIasusasAI lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to…

"Je peux perdre deux heures" : révisions versus #TikTok, la galère des lycéens pour se concentrer. ➡️ l.franceinter.fr/vvB #Bac #Bac2024 #baccalauréat #Philo

For all interested in #language #plurilingualism #interculturalism, a wonderful meditation from ⁦Naaman Zhou⁩ « My Grandmother and the Canine Detective » (behind a firewall: hoping you’ve enough free articles left to read it!) newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

Always fascinating: Ray Kurzweil re: three technologies defining our future i.e. #genetics #nanotechnology #robotics singularityhub.com/2016/04/19/ray…

Sustained innovation takes structure, purpose and trust; cf. «The Strategy Behind One of the Most Successful Labs in the World,» namely, Cambridge’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology #innovation #recipesforcreatvity nature.com/articles/d4158…

Pourquoi la marche est-elle si bénéfique pour notre corps et notre esprit ? ➡️ l.franceinter.fr/gav

really good piece from William Dalrymple on the invention of zero. this is universal history and it should be taught to everyone. not least because some 1400 years later we are still discovering the implications of Bramhagupta's extraordinary insight. theguardian.com/world/article/…