List of Education articles
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HEMPSTEAD, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump waves after the Presidential Debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. The first of four debates for the 2016 Election, three Presidential and one Vice Presidential, is moderated by NBC's Lester Holt. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Five Books for a President Who Doesn’t Read
From a nonfiction book about ethics and values to a Mark Twain classic, here’s a handful of suggestions for Donald Trump’s night table.
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51UiXAphGgL Book excerpt: Defense Secretary Mattis discusses his favorite books, and why
General James Mattis has accumulated perhaps one of the largest personal libraries of an active-duty military officer ever known in the modern world.
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8151496998_16a3156fb1_o Do NCOs need to write better?: Hell no, says former enlisted guy who is a writer
If I were preparing my future NCO Corps for anything, it would be advanced math and computer skills.
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8151496998_16a3156fb1_o Should NCOs be required to write better?
An Australian regimental sergeant major thinks they should up their literary game.
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Horse_Feathers_Burning_College You so smart? Then this job is for you.
I actually think lots of Best Defense readers would enjoy this gig.
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FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 17: Tear gas rains down on a woman kneeling in the street with her hands in the air after a demonstration over the killing of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police was attacked by police August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Despite the Brown family's continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his August 9, death. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Revolution Will Not Be Philosophized
If you choose not to condemn political violence, is that an expression of humility, or elitism?
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A young girl looks at a star gazing app on an ipad during the partial solar eclipse at Hatch Warren near Basingstoke, southwest of London on March 20, 2015. The Basingstoke Astronomical Society held an informal meeting where people could look through different telescopes at the eclipse. However, the skies over Basingstoke were cloudy and the solar eclipse was not visible although it got noticeably darker. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) Gender Hack
The dearth of women in the tech world is cultural — and therefore entirely reversible.
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U.S. Army paratroopers from C Company, 1-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct a Squad Live Fire Exercise with the Italian Army 8^ Regiment Alpine at Rivoli Bianchi range, Venzone Italy, Feb 02, 2017. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S., European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility within 18 hours. (released, photo by graigg faggionato) An Army program that helps officers become critical strategic thinkers
Institutional instinct might have led Army leadership to create a new military professional education program at the War College. Instead, Gen. Odierno chose to look outside the system of the Army for ideas and energy.
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JUPITER, FL - MARCH 08: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up his book after holding a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club Jupiter on March 8, 2016 in Jupiter, Florida. Trump is projected to win the Republican Presidential primaries in Mississippi and Michigan. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Shallow State
Forget the conspiracy theories. Something much more dangerous is seeking to gut our government and change the character of our society.
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rong_lead The Fading American Dreams of China’s Most Notorious ‘Snakehead’
Before she died in prison, Sister Ping smuggled thousands of migrants from an obscure Chinese county to U.S. shores. Some now wish they'd never left.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America Is Turning Into a Confederacy of Dunces
Why is Donald Trump within a whisker of the White House? Two-thirds of the country can’t even name the three branches of government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Bard of His Own Backyard
Shakespeare may never have left England, but he became the most global writer who ever lived.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Here Come the Young
In the coming years, the population of people under the age of 30 in some of the most fragile and unstable countries is going to skyrocket. And the world is not ready for them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s High-Pressure Network of Cram-Schools for Tots
Chinese kindergartens are required to go easy. That means many youngsters study overtime.
