A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

“On The Opaque Origins And Tumultuous Ancient History Of Homer’s Odyssey”

“All this helps to explain why the existence of “Homer”—the blind bard who, people thought for centuries, single-handedly composed both the Iliad and the Odyssey—is now questioned. Today, the name has become a convenient way of referring to all the obscure processes by means of which a loose collection of legends about the Trojan War […]

“The Best Villains In Literature Bracket” – A March Madness Competition

“Today, we begin with an initial, ignoble group of 64 (selected by our editors after much hand-wringing), and over the next week, we will be narrowing the field until we get to the dastardly winner. Who will it be? Iago or Annie Wilkes? Captain Ahab or Captain Hook? There’s only one way to find out.”

Conspiracy Theories Were A Part Of The Founding Of The USA

“It was a claim that grew in popularity. Five years later, a speaker at a Boston town meeting declared that a “desperate plan of imperial despotism has been laid, and partly executed, for the extinction of all civil liberty.” In 1773, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchison bemoaned the “artful and designing men” who had convinced a […]

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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.

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Peter Nilsson

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