# graduate student (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover graduate student. Page: Feed: --- ## [Teaching in Charter Schools (Part 2)](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/teaching-in-charter-schools-part-2-2/) _2026-08-18 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ I also observed a math classroom at another Summit charter school. Here is what I recorded in my notes. The Precalculus class began at 10:40 and ended at 12:15. Ethan Edwards is in his third year of teaching at Summit. … Continue reading → ## [Teaching in Charter Schools (Part 1)](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/teaching-in-charter-schools-part-1-2/) _2026-08-15 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ Charter schools in the U.S. are over three decades old. Advocates for wider parental choice of schools lobbied state legislatures and local school boards to authorize a different way to organize a tax-supported public school with its own school board Continue reading ## [Final Office Hours](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/final-office-hours-2/) _2026-08-12 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ I had to move out of my office on Stanford s campus. I had retired from the Graduate School of Education in 2001 and since GSE had allotted offices in one of the two education buildings on campus for retired professors Continue reading ## [Stop Hitting Snooze on the “EdTech” Problem (Emily Cherkin and Agnes Derrendinger)](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/stop-hitting-snooze-on-the-edtech-problem-emily-cherkin/) _2026-08-09 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ Emily Cherkin, M.Ed., is a nationally recognized consultant who takes a tech-intentional approach to addressing screentime challenges. A former middle school teacher, she has been featured for her work in the New York Times, the Washington Post, on the Today Continue reading ## [Teaching High School and University Graduate Students on the Same Day](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/teaching-high-school-and-university-graduate-students-on-the-same-day/) _2026-08-05 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ I offer my experience in teaching high schoolers and graduate students on the same day as an honest, perhaps naive, way of reflecting on how (and why) I taught both for an entire semester. While teaching both kinds of students Continue reading ## [17th Anniversary of My Blog](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/17th-anniversary-of-my-blog/) _2026-08-02 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ Hard to believe that I began this blog in 2009. I have enjoyed writing about school reform and classroom practice because both have anticipated and unanticipated consequences for children, teachers, parents, citizens, and society. I look forward to writing posts during Continue reading ## [Rethinking Predatory Student Lending](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/rethinking-predatory-student-lending) _2026-07-30 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ The post-Grad PLUS era of graduate and professional school finance is now upon us. ## [America’s Faith in Schooling](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/americas-faith-in-schooling/) _2026-07-30 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ Just see wherever we peer into the first tiny springs of the national life, how this true panacea for all of the ills of the body politic bubbles forth—education, education, education. Andrew Carnegie, 1886\[i\] School houses do not teach Continue reading ## [We Should Still Name Schools after People (Jonathan Zimmerman)](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/we-should-still-name-schools-after-people-jonathan-zimmerman/) _2026-07-27 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ Jonathan Zimmerman is a historian of education at the University of Pennsylvania. This article appeared in the Dallas News March 28, 2026. I m glad the Colts Neck, New Jersey, school board rejected a proposal last week to rename Conover Road Continue reading ## [A Fairy Tale Reform](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/a-fairy-tale-reform-2/) _2026-07-24 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ Once upon a time, there was much unemployment, poverty, and homelessness across the land. Leaders tried one thing after another to end these grim conditions. Nothing worked. In the midst of these bad times, however, a small group of educators, Continue reading ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/L8O96ev3q8qg) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [No Best Way to Parent, No Best Way to Teach](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/no-best-way-to-parent-no-best-way-to-teach/) _2026-07-21 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ That child-rearing theories have swung back and forth between parents as disciplinarians and bonding with their children, between child-centered and parent-centered is obvious to today s middle-age Moms and Dads who think but a moment about their parents and grand-parents. Psychologists Continue reading ## [Cheating with AI (Emma Whitford)\*](https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/cheating-with-ai-emma-whitford/) _2026-07-18 · larrycuban · Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice_ This article appeared in Inside Higher Ed, July 8, 2026. For the first time since he started teaching Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory nearly two decades ago, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm Continue reading ## [The Right Question Strategy for Adult Learners: A Community of Practice](https://rightquestion.org/blog/adult-ed-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-right-question-strategy-for-adult-learners-a-community-of-practice) _2026-07-01 · Keila Perez · Right Question Institute_ Link: Application for a Community of Practice for Adult Foundational Education Practitioners “\[The strategy\] helps \[…\] The post The Right Question Strategy for Adult Learners: A Community of Practice appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [Empowerment Spotlight: Building advocacy skills for families and students with disabilities](https://rightquestion.org/blog/empowerment-spotlight-building-advocacy-skills-for-families-and-students-with-disabilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empowerment-spotlight-building-advocacy-skills-for-families-and-students-with-disabilities) _2026-06-25 · Keila Perez · Right Question Institute_ “There’s a whole host of responses that maybe aren’t yes, but they aren’t no, and \[…\] The post Empowerment Spotlight: Building advocacy skills for families and students with disabilities appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [Equipping a new generation of workers and civic agents with the skill of question-asking](https://rightquestion.org/blog/equipping-a-new-generation-of-workers-and-civic-agents-with-the-skill-of-question-asking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=equipping-a-new-generation-of-workers-and-civic-agents-with-the-skill-of-question-asking) _2026-06-24 · Maame Conduah · Right Question Institute_ How can educators help young people build the confidence, agency, and self-advocacy skills they will \[…\] The post Equipping a new generation of workers and civic agents with the skill of question-asking appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [The Value-Based Accountability Policy Era](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/the-value-based-accountability-policy) _2026-05-05 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ Last week I published a new report that takes a look at the evolution of policy making in higher education over the last 50 years. ## [Cuts to Grad Loan Eligibility: How (the heck) did we get here?](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/cuts-to-grad-loan-eligibility-how) _2026-04-21 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ Friends, last week I published an article on AEI’s blog describing the policy and intellectual path that got us to the cuts to graduate student loans created by OBBB last summer. ## [An Open Letter to the Class of 2026](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-class-of-2026) _2026-04-04 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ From a grandma who knows some things ## [What Language Actually Is](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/what-language-actually-is) _2026-03-30 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ Why AI Can’t Produce Meaning and Why the AI Debate Still Annoys Me ## [A Review of Service America: Leading the New Customer Revolution](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/a-review-of-service-america-leading) _2026-03-29 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ (The Amazon review is far shorter) ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2xyy0NwZTKTZ) _2026-03-29 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [The AI Debate Is the Wrong Debate](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/the-ai-debate-is-the-wrong-debate) _2026-03-26 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ Cathy Reisenwitz is right. And there’s one more thing. ## [The Jury Has Spoken. The Industry Hasn’t Listened Yet.](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/the-jury-has-spoken-the-industry) _2026-03-26 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ What today’s social media verdict means for every tech company building with AI ## [AI Can’t Imagine What Doesn’t Exist Yet. You Can.](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/ai-cant-imagine-what-doesnt-exist) _2026-03-23 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ The question about what AI can and can’t do is less interesting than what humans can do. ## [Designing the Future Together: New Methods for Complex Times](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/designing-the-future-together-new) _2026-03-19 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ The problems most organizations face right now don’t sit still long enough to be solved by conventional methods. ## [Graduate Loan Caps Are Coming: Colleges Should Prepare Now](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/graduate-loan-caps-are-coming-colleges) _2026-03-19 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ Something I’m watching really closely right now is how universities are responding to the changes in graduate student loan limits that will be coming this fall. ## [A Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree? Let's Give It a Try.](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/a-three-year-bachelors-degree-lets) _2026-03-12 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ I learned last week that the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted to allow some public institution in the state to offer three-year bachelor’s degrees. ## [Trump’s Higher Education Legacy May Be Accountability—Whether He Meant It or Not](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/trumps-higher-education-legacy-may) _2026-02-27 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ I’ve spent about two decades working in higher education policy. ## [States Are Taking the Reins on College Accountability](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/states-are-taking-the-reins-on-college) _2026-02-25 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ In my latest piece for AEI ideas I write about some of the changes coming on state level higher education accountability policy. ## [I'm back!](https://bethakers.substack.com/p/im-back) _2026-02-19 · Beth Akers · Beth’s Newsletter_ Hi friends! ## [Empowerment Spotlight: The Question Formulation Technique in Community Organizing](https://rightquestion.org/blog/empowerment-spotlight-the-question-formulation-technique-in-community-organizing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empowerment-spotlight-the-question-formulation-technique-in-community-organizing) _2026-02-18 · Keila Perez · Right Question Institute_ Dr. Alexandra Piñeros Shields has over thirty years of experience bringing communities together and sharing \[…\] The post Empowerment Spotlight: The Question Formulation Technique in Community Organizing appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NwE0b6HEVfZx) _2026-02-18 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Thinking Together in a Fractured World: Reflections After Chicago](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/thinking-together-in-a-fractured) _2026-02-08 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ In January, my colleague and former graduate student, Brian Jones, and I traveled to Chicago to meet with social systems scholar Alexander “Alecos” Christakis and his colleague, Jeff Deitrich. Our aim was to engage in a technical and scholarly conversation to explore whether two complementary approaches—Structured Dialogic Design (SDD) and a newer method developed by Brian: Values Evaluation,… ## [Why Meeting Your Neighbors is a Form of Radical Resistance](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/why-meeting-your-neighbors-is-a-form) _2026-01-28 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ If you identify as someone on the political left, you likely feel a constant pressure to address the vast array of challenges facing our society. ## [In a Week Like This, Where Do Ordinary People Still Have Influence?](https://sherryldimitry.substack.com/p/in-a-week-like-this-where-do-ordinary) _2026-01-25 · Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D. · The Human Futures Design Lab_ How Systems Thinkers Find Leverage in a Mess ## [Exploring critical reading and writing at the graduate level with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT)](https://rightquestion.org/blog/exploring-critical-reading-and-writing-at-the-graduate-level-with-the-question-formulation-technique-qft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-critical-reading-and-writing-at-the-graduate-level-with-the-question-formulation-technique-qft) _2026-01-22 · Alexis Lassiter · Right Question Institute_ What does my PhD supervisor mean when they ask me to write more critically? It’s \[…\] The post Exploring critical reading and writing at the graduate level with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [#NoWar #NoIce #NoKings coloring page and protest signs](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/nowar-noice-nokings-coloring-page-and-protest-signs/) _2026-01-19 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ As long as Trump is in the White House it seems that every week is a new low. With ICE killing people in Minnesota, Trump trying to run Venezuela and Putin on the Peace Board for Gaza? The good news is that people are protesting! If you need a sign for your protest, for your \[ \] ## [Part 2 of Learning Vibes Podcast Digs Into Each Step of the QFT](https://rightquestion.org/blog/part-2-of-learning-vibes-podcast-digs-into-each-step-of-the-qft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-2-of-learning-vibes-podcast-digs-into-each-step-of-the-qft) _2025-12-15 · Chris Orchard · Right Question Institute_ In the second installment of a two-episode series, Sarah Westbrook, director of professional learning at \[…\] The post Part 2 of Learning Vibes Podcast Digs Into Each Step of the QFT appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [Discussing the ‘Skill of Being Really Strategic’ With Questions](https://rightquestion.org/blog/discussing-the-skill-of-being-really-strategic-with-questions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discussing-the-skill-of-being-really-strategic-with-questions) _2025-11-07 · Chris Orchard · Right Question Institute_ The Right Question Institute’s Sarah Westbrook joined the Learning Vibes Podcast on the show’s November \[…\] The post Discussing the ‘Skill of Being Really Strategic’ With Questions appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [We left the US and moved to France](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/we-left-the-us-and-moved-to-france/) _2025-10-26 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ Hello readers, I got big updates! Some of you already know this, but it’s getting more real and more official every month: my family and I have left the US and moved to France! A few months ago I quit my job and a few weeks ago we sold our house in San Francisco. Last \[ \] ## [Drug resistance and a selective sweep in African malaria parasites](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/drug-resistance-and-a-selective-sweep-in-african-malaria-parasites/) _2025-10-03 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ When I was seventeen I had the incredible opportunity to visit my aunt who ran a small rural clinic in Zimbabwe. I loved the savanna landscapes and the local food (like sadza). However, a few weeks into my stay, I got sick. My aunt took a small blood sample and with a simple microscope, she \[ \] ## [RQI’s Empowerment Program Featured on the Curated Questions Podcast](https://rightquestion.org/blog/rqis-empowerment-program-featured-on-the-curated-questions-podcast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rqis-empowerment-program-featured-on-the-curated-questions-podcast) _2025-09-29 · Chris Orchard · Right Question Institute_ Naomi Campbell, director of RQI’s Empowerment Program, was recently a guest on the podcast Curated \[…\] The post RQI’s Empowerment Program Featured on the Curated Questions Podcast appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [We are selling our house in San Francisco](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/we-are-selling-our-house-in-san-francisco/) _2025-09-19 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ After having lived in San Francisco for 9 years (and in the US for 15), we decided to move back to Europe and landed in France. More about that in a future post! For now, I wanted to share that our wonderful house is for sale.I loved living in this house in the Excelsior. Let \[ \] ## [A new paper and video about levels of drug resistance in different countries](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a-new-paper-and-video-about-levels-of-drug-resistance-in-different-countries/) _2025-08-29 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ I am so happy to share a new paper and a new video (see below). The paper describes a simple mathematical model that describes levels of drug resistance. I called the model the Resistance-Acquisition-Purifying-Selection model (RAPS). While the model is simple, it wasn t easy to write the paper or to get it published. Before submitting \[ \] ## [Legal Empowerment Webinar – Foster Client Agency Through Building Self-Advocacy Skills](https://rightquestion.org/blog/legal-empowerment-webinar-foster-client-agency-through-building-self-advocacy-skills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legal-empowerment-webinar-foster-client-agency-through-building-self-advocacy-skills) _2025-07-29 · Keila Perez · Right Question Institute_ Register now! Description: The Right Question Institute (RQI) specializes in designing simple educational methods and tools \[…\] The post Legal Empowerment Webinar – Foster Client Agency Through Building Self-Advocacy Skills appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [No Kings and Abolish Ice posters free printables](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/no-kings-and-abolish-ice-posters-free-printables/) _2025-07-04 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ Depressed about the state of the world? Print a poster for your window or to go to a protest! I am sharing two new designs below! Here s a list of cities with protests on July 4th 2025: https://www.newsweek.com/map-lists-cities-trump-protests-2092556. Here is information about the July 17th protests (the day that John Lewis died 5 years ago) \[ \] ## [I published my first letter-to-the-editor as part of the McClintock Letters initiative!](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/i-published-my-first-letter-to-the-editor-as-part-of-the-mcclintock-letters-initiative/) _2025-06-23 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ To change minds, we need to reach people with our message. A group of graduate students came up with the idea to encourage scientists to publish letters in local newspapers in towns where they have a connection. The goal was to reach people outside of our academic bubbles. If you work at a university or \[ \] ## [Podcast: Questioning Brings ‘Wide-Eyed Joy’ and ‘Rejuvenates Your Thinking’](https://rightquestion.org/blog/podcast-questioning-brings-wide-eyed-joy-and-rejuvenates-your-thinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-questioning-brings-wide-eyed-joy-and-rejuvenates-your-thinking) _2025-05-16 · Chris Orchard · Right Question Institute_ The podcast Choose to Be Curious recently featured a conversation with Patty Gómez, an educator \[…\] The post Podcast: Questioning Brings ‘Wide-Eyed Joy’ and ‘Rejuvenates Your Thinking’ appeared first on Right Question Institute . ## [How the NSF-funded GOLD program helps our master students learn data science skills](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/how-the-nsf-funded-gold-program-helped-our-master-students-learn-data-science-skills/) _2025-05-07 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ How it started Around 2018, undergraduate students in the Biology and Chemistry departments of San Francisco State University had the option to participate in the PINC computing minor, and it wasn’t long before graduate students began asking for similar opportunities. At the time, several of us computational scientists were already collaborating on initiatives like a \[ \] ## [Free easy-to-print protest signs: Stop Musk, Free Khalil, Free Öztürk](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/free-easy-to-print-protest-signs-stop-musk-free-khalil/) _2025-03-16 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ Update April 18th. I am horrified by what is happening to Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was deported to a prison in El Salvador while not being accused or convicted of a crime. BringKilmarHome\_2pages.pdf BringKilmarHome\_4pages.pdf BringKilmarHomeLessInk\_2pages.pdf BringKilmarHomeLessInk\_4pages.pdf HandsOffFreeSpeech\_2pages.pdf HandsOffFreeSpeech\_4pages.pdf Update April 12: A judge has ruled that… ## [Free to print posters for the Stand Up for Science Protest](https://abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/free-to-print-posters-for-the-stand-up-for-science-protest/) _2025-03-01 · pleunipennings · Being A Better Scientist_ Hi everyone, I am not in the US at the moment and I am sad to miss the Stand Up for Science demonstration on March 7th! I hope you will go, and it make it easier for you, I made some easy-to-print signs! I made 7 different poster designs, with for each of the designs \[ \]