“A new study by Columbia archaeologist Dylan Davis challenges this narrative, claiming that the Rapa Nui people did not overpopulate the island but rather maintained a small and stable settlement right up until the Europeans arrived. The evidence: a comprehensive survey of the island’s farmland that indicates that its inhabitants grew only enough crops to […]
Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.
Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.
– Peter Nilsson