The Inequality Machine. How Education Divides Us

A clear roadmap for the new territory of education Education in the U.S. has been under fire for quite some time, and for good reason. The numbers alone tell a very disconcerting story: according to various polls, 70% of teachers are disengaged. Add to that the fact that the United States ranks last among industrialized nations for college graduation levels, and it's evident there's a huge problem that needs to be addressed. Yet the current education system and its school buildings—with teachers standing in front of classrooms and lecturing to students—have gone largely unchanged since the 19th century. Humanizing the Education Machine tackles this tough issue head-on. It describes how the education system has become ineffective by not adapting to fit students' needs, learning styles, perspectives, and lives at home. This book explains how schools can evolve to engage students and involve parents. It serves to spread hope for reform and equip parents, educators, administrators, and communities to: Analyze the pitfalls of the current U.S. education system Intelligently argue the need to reform the current landscape of education Work to make a difference in the public education system Be an informed advocate for your child or local school system If you're a concerned parent or professional looking for a trusted resource on the need for education reform, look no further than Humanizing the Education Machine. This illuminating resource provides the information you need to become a full partner in the new human-centered learning revolution.

Discover the dramatic changes that are affecting all learners Web-based technology has opened up education around the world to the point where anyone can learn anything from anyone else at any time. To help educators and others understand what's possible, Curt Bonk employs his groundbreaking «WE-ALL-LEARN» model to outline ten key technology and learning trends, demonstrating how technology has transformed educational opportunities for learners of every age in every corner of the globe. The book is filled with inspiring stories of ordinary learners as well as interviews with technology and education leaders that reveal the power of this new way of learning. Captures the global nature of open education from those who are creating and using new learning technologies Includes a new Preface and Postscript with the latest updates A free companion web site provides additional stories and information Using the dynamic «WE-ALL-LEARN» model, learners, educators, executives, administrators, instructors, and parents can discover how to tap into the power of Web technology and unleash a world of information.

This new volume in the concise «How To» series explores the foundations and principles of continuing education of professionals and then relates these to the practice of teaching the various modalities used in CME. The areas covered include experiential learning, group dynamics, situated learning and reflective practice – and make these understandable for all health professionals tasked with teaching continuing medical education. An ideal introduction to teaching for clinical instructors.

The first book to reveal how the Federal Reserve holds the key to making us more economically equal, written by an author with unparalleled expertise in the real world of financial policy Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got a lot richer while the middle class shrank and economic and wealth inequality skyrocketed. In Engine of Inequality, Karen Petrou offers pragmatic solutions for creating more inclusive monetary policy and equality-enhancing financial regulation as quickly and painlessly as possible. Karen Petrou is a leading financial-policy analyst and consultant with unrivaled knowledge of what drives the decisions of federal officials and how big banks respond to financial policy in the real world. Instead of proposing legislation that would never pass Congress, the author provides an insider's look at politically plausible, high-impact financial policy fixes that will radically shift the equality balance. Offering an innovative, powerful, and highly practical solution for immediately turning around the enormous nationwide problem of economic inequality, this groundbreaking book: Presents practical ways America can and should tackle economic inequality with fast-acting results Provides revealing examples of exactly how bad economic inequality in America has become no matter how hard we all work Demonstrates that increasing inequality is disastrous for long-term economic growth, political action, and even personal happiness Explains why your bank's interest rates are still only a fraction of what they were even though the rich are getting richer than ever, faster than ever Reveals the dangers of FinTech and BigTech companies taking over banking Shows how Facebook wants to control even the dollars in your wallet Discusses who shares the blame for our economic inequality, including the Fed, regulators, Congress, and even economists Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America should be required reading for leaders, policymakers, regulators, media professionals, and all Americans wanting to ensure that the nation’s financial policy will be a force for promoting economic equality.

Spiralling inequality since the 1970s and the global financial crisis of 2008 have been the two most important challenges to democratic capitalism since the Great Depression. To understand the political economy of contemporary Europe and America we must, therefore, put inequality and crisis at the heart of the picture. In this innovative new textbook Mattias Vermeiren does just this, demonstrating that both the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis resulted from a mutually reinforcing but ultimately unsustainable relationship between countries with debt-led and export-led growth models, models fundamentally shaped by soaring income and wealth inequality. He traces the emergence of these two growth models by giving a comprehensive overview, deeply informed by the comparative and international political economy literature, of recent developments in the four key domains that have shaped the dynamics of crisis and inequality: macroeconomic policy, social policy, corporate governance and financial policy. He goes on to assess the prospects for the emergence of a more egalitarian and sustainable form of democratic capitalism. This fresh and insightful overview of contemporary Western capitalism will be essential reading for all students and scholars of international and comparative political economy.

Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In Corpocracy, corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks reveals how corporations abuse their power and what we the people must do to rein them in. In a clear and careful analysis, Monks outlines a plan for reconciling the competing interests of corporations and society through thoughtful shareholder activism.

Deliver maximum value to customers and clients with this blueprint to customer success  In  The Customer Education Playbook: How Leading Companies Engage, Convert, and Retain Customers , customer learning experts Barry Kelly and Daniel Quick explain how teaching customers to best engage with your products and services is the key to converting them from prospects to loyal advocates of your brand.  In this book, you’ll examine how to define success for your customer, create a customer education development plan, and pursue customer success and revenue metrics. You’ll also:  Learn why you should prioritize customer learning and invest in customer training and education Discover how to create a detailed customer success and retention plan that emphasizes delivered value Determine how to implement a learning strategy that maximizes and scales lifetime customer value Perfect for founders, executives, managers, and practitioners at companies of all kinds,  The Customer Education Playbook  is especially practical for SaaS company executives seeking to extract and provide maximum value from their customers over the long haul.

Focus on the right things An education leader’s job can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Research shows that by spending time on just a few high-payoff strategies, leaders can bring about the meaningful change their schools and districts need. High-Payoff Strategies helps administrators lead successful change initiatives by focusing on the three top priorities identified by research and practitioners alike: fostering a supportive district and school culture, leading instructional change, and building a learning community among faculty and staff. Drawing on the latest research as well as hundreds of interviews with education leaders, High-Payoff Strategies reveals what it really takes to bring about school turnaround. The book includes rich and varied examples showing how real-world education leaders—in urban, suburban, and rural settings—have successfully led changes in their schools and districts. It also provides tools that readers can use immediately to put these practices in place, together with videos demonstrating the practices in action. High-Payoff Strategies helps education leaders create schools and districts that support teachers and make a difference in the lives of children.

«Rage Against the Machine» (Ярость против системы) — дебютный студийный альбом одноимённой культовой американской рэп-метал группы, выпущенный 3 ноября 1992 года на лейбле Epic Records. Альбом занял 1 место в чарте Billboard Heatseekers и 45 в чарте Billboard 200. Было продано свыше 3 млн копий релиза в США, за что он получил 3-х платиновый статус от Все песни с альбома содержат политический посыл. Такие активисты, как Бобби Сэндс (зачинщик Ирландской голодовки 1981 года) и Хьюи Перси Ньютон (один из основателей леворадикальной организации «Чёрные пантеры») были указаны в буклете в разделе «Спасибо за вдохновение». Так же в этом же разделе были отмечены Иэн и Алек Маккей — Зак де ла Роча в то время был членом Straight На обложке альбома запечатлено легендарное фото знаменитого Тхить Куанг Дыка, южновьетнамского буддийского монаха, сжигающего себя в Сайгоне в 1963 году. Таким жестом монах выразил протест президенту Нго Динь Зьему, угнетавшему буддийскую религию. Фотография привлекла международное внимание и убедила президента США Джона Ф. Кеннеди отказаться от поддержки правительства Нго Динь Зьема. Автор фотографии Малькольм Браун, шеф информационного бюро «Ассошиэйтед Пресс» в Сайгоне; за аналогичное фото Малькольм Браун получило награждение «World Press Photo of the Year» от World Press Photo Awards в 1963 Все тексты каждой песни были записаны в буклете, за исключением знаменитой песни «Killing in the Name», слова которой были опущены: раздел в буклете гласит: «2. KILLING IN THE NAME», затем текст был пропущен и продолжается следующей песней. Также в том же буклете, в самом конце, указано, что «во время записи не были задействованы семплы, клавишные или синтезаторы». Подобное заявление будет указываться в последующих релизах группы. Там же можно найти указание на то, как группа называет себя «Партией виновников» (англ. Guilty В 2011 году обложка альбома заняла пятое место в списке лучших обложек альбомов всех времен по мнению читателей интернет-издания Music Rage Against the Machine (часто сокращается до аббревиатуры RATM или сокращается до одного слова Rage) — культовая американская рок-группа из Лос-Анджелеса, штат Калифорния. Образованная в 1991 году, группа состоит из вокалиста Зака де ла Роча, басиста и бэк-вокалиста Тима Коммерфорда, гитариста Тома Морелло и барабанщика Брэда Уилка. Их песни выражают революционные политические взгляды. По состоянию на 2010 год они продали более 16 миллионов пластинок по всему миру. Группа была номинирована на включение в Зал славы рок-н-ролла в 2017 году, затем снова в 2018, 2019 и 2021 годах, хотя все заявки провалились! Rage Against the Machine выпустили свой одноимённый дебютный альбом в 1992 году с коммерческим и критическим успехом, что привело к участию в фестивале Lollapalooza 1993 года; в 2003 году альбом занял 368-е место в списке «500 величайших альбомов всех времён» по версии журнала Rolling Stone. Следующие два альбома группы, «Evil Empire» (1996 г.) и.