Valuing skills from outside the classroom, how video games are becoming a battleground for free speech issues, and democracy on the ballot.
| What election deniers want With a significant number of election deniers poised to win in the midterm elections, Elaine Kamarck and Norman Eisen dissect the ways in which these candidates want to change how votes are cast and counted, and importantly, how they want to change the certification of election results. Read more |
| Video game censorship is authoritarians’ latest tool to muzzle speech Whether it’s the suspension of an esports player who supported Hong Kong independence or Pakistan banning a Call of Duty game for its portrayal of the country, video games are becoming a battleground for free speech issues around the world. Joshua Foust discusses the ripple effects of game censorship and explains how the industry should respond. Read more |
| Whose learning counts? State actions to value skills from outside the classroom “The COVID-19 recovery represents an important moment to reflect on educational transformation in a digital age. Specifically, how can we move beyond a ‘degree-centric postsecondary system’ so that broader types of learning can be accessed, verified, and credentialed? With expanding access to free courseware and many more flexible and affordable learning options, it is critical to revisit questions about how quality is assessed as well as whose knowledge and what forms of knowledge are valued and counted as ‘learning,’” write Annelies Goger and Felix Laniyan. Read more |
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