#21
The Education issue
Taking a Lesson from the Tech Industry: Develop and Retain Strong Teachers with Microcredentialing
Wednesday August 26, 2020 / By user
From The Education issue
What does becoming a skilled coder and becoming a skilled teacher have in common? The need for quality tools for professional development and demonstration... Read More
Predicting Technology Futures by Examining Our Past
Wednesday August 26, 2020 / By user
From The Education issue
By Hannah Rosenfeld As a former technologist, I had long believed that it was impossible to really foresee how a new technology development might impact... Read More
Harvard Gets a PIT Lab
Wednesday August 26, 2020 / By user
From The Education issue
The idea and practice of public interest technology (PIT) isn’t exactly mainstream. There are many people making inroads, though. New America’s Public... Read More
From Past Issues
“People are looking at the same data but coming to different conclusions”: How Universities are Planning for September
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Karen J. Bannan
From The New Normal
I started reporting this story a month before it was due. My email to every university media relations department was the same: I am writing a story about... Read More
The Wheels of Justice Supercharged — and on Zoom
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Karen J. Bannan
From The New Normal
A Q&A with Chief Justice of Michigan Bridget M. McCormack, who was at the forefront of the state of Michigan’s move to online hearings since proceedings... Read More
Tech Volunteering: How Things Get Done During a Pandemic
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Melanie Mazanec and Emily Wright-Moore
From The New Normal
When the COVID-19 health pandemic first began to spiral out of control, organizations that provide crucial social services such as food stamps and unemployment... Read More
No Student is an Island
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Alexandra Hohenlohe
From The New Normal
A University of Chicago plan to bring students back doesn’t do enough to ensure safety, says one student. Where’s the data? The incoming University... Read More
“A crisis is also an opportunity to see what we weren’t seeing before”
Monday June 1, 2020 / By Cecilia Muñoz
From What to do Next
The harsh light of the Covid-19 pandemic has illuminated a lot of things that we weren’t seeing so clearly before: who government aid reaches and who it leaves... Read More
A condensed history of why government websites fail
Monday June 1, 2020 / By Hana Schank
From What to do Next
While the rest of the world has evolved to a place where we can track anything at all times and order anything from anywhere, government is hopelessly... Read More