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Interviews with educators, innovative graduate students and individuals who've devoted their lives to the development of the world's youth.

I Live By the Bottle. Top Story - April 2026.
For about a week I had the Norovirus. The Norovirus is a gastrointestinal virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Most people get over it within three days. It is troublesome for the elderly and young children, as well as people with medical conditions. I, myself, have a rare medical condition called Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus.
By Sid Aaron Hirjiabout 16 hours ago in Education
Khrystyna Kurhanska on DoLadu Support Veteran Rehabilitation
Khrystyna Kurhanska is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, aromatherapist, and mental-health advocate based in Kyiv. She is chair of the board and public head of the NGO DoLadu, registered in November 2022 to support the mental health, rehabilitation, and reintegration of Ukrainian defenders, veterans, and the wider public. Public speaker bios state that DoLadu has operated mental-health centres in Kyiv hospitals and served more than 1,650 people, while later public interviews cite assistance to more than 1,800 service members. Kurhanska also founded the aroma-branding agency Ol.factory and Kamana perfume store, combining business, sensory design, psychology, and veteran-focused social recovery work.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsena day ago in Education
The Work-Credit Cliff No One Warns You About
For many people, the idea of disability insurance carries an implicit promise. If you work, contribute, and then become disabled, there will be a system that recognizes both your effort and your need. That promise feels intuitive, almost moral. Yet for a large group of disabled people, the promise collapses the moment they try to access it. They discover, often far too late, that eligibility is not determined by disability alone, but by a specific employment history they were structurally unlikely to accumulate in the first place. This is the work-credit cliff, and it quietly excludes some of the most vulnerable people from support while maintaining the appearance of a fair, contribution-based system.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 days ago in Education
Nobody Cares What You Deserve
Original Story-The KURIOUSK, Ph.D. What I Tell Students Who Think Effort Should Be Enough By November, the corridor outside my office starts to smell like wet sleeves and burnt dust from the radiator that never quite works. The building was put up in some decade when people thought concrete could solve emotional problems. Around that time each year, somebody knocks, steps in, and says a version of the same complaint.
By KURIOUSK4 days ago in Education
Faye Callaghan: UNFPA Protects Maternity Care in Ukraine Under Russian Attack
Faye Callaghan is a midwife and maternal health specialist working in international humanitarian settings. Public sources identify her with the United Nations Population Fund and describe her as a midwife with a Master’s in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research. She previously served as a Midwifery Mentor for UNFPA in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and later led UK-Med’s mission to establish a maternal health department in Gaza. In this interview, she discusses UNFPA’s support for maternity and sexual and reproductive health services in wartime Ukraine, especially bunkerized facilities, emergency neonatal care, and the pressures facing staff, mothers, and newborns under attack there.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 days ago in Education
Maxim Chubik on Approaches to Veteran Trauma Rehabilitation in Ukraine
Maxim Chubik is a Ukrainian military psychologist, psychotherapist, veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and trainer-psychologist with DoLadu Camp, focused on veteran rehabilitation and psychological recovery. He is a specialist in psychodrama, group and individual psychological support, and veteran and family rehabilitation camps. He has also been identified as a veteran and psychologist with the psychological support line for military personnel and their loved ones through the nationwide #VARTOZHYTY initiative. Chubik’s work centers on trauma recovery, communication between veterans and civilians, family reintegration, and practical pathways for sustained psychological support after intensive rehabilitation programs.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 days ago in Education
Matthew Scillitani on High-Range Psychometrics, Validity, and Test Security
Matthew Scillitani is a psychometrics practitioner at Neurolus Psychometrics focused on developing supervised, time-limited high-range ability examinations. He co-launched The Mental Inventor with Paul Cooijmans as an empirical testbed for a central measurement question: whether performances can be validly differentiated in the extreme right tail under proctored conditions. His approach emphasizes procedural integrity—identity verification, approved proctoring, and rule enforcement—alongside cautious claims about interpretation until reliability and validity evidence is established. He highlights emerging threats to unsupervised testing, including AI-assisted responding and large-scale collaboration, and advocates peer review before formal reclassification.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen7 days ago in Education
Entemake Aman on Kazakh Freedom, Nomadic Wisdom, and the Hidden Costs of Western Individualism
Entemake Aman is a commentator on Kazakh culture whose reflections center on nomadic wisdom, hospitality, ecological knowledge, and the relationship between freedom and belonging. In this interview, Aman explains the four-season pasture system as a practical survival philosophy rooted in movement across the steppe, describes hospitality as a moral obligation extended even to recent opponents, and frames freedom not as isolated autonomy but as dignity sustained through kinship and reciprocal ties. Aman also contrasts this worldview with Western individualism, arguing that emancipation can carry hidden costs, including relational fragility, privatized hardship, loneliness, stigma around dependence, and ecological disconnection in societies.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen10 days ago in Education
How to Use Social Media for Your Job Search
I’ve spent decades as a recruiter and am now a Talent Solutions Specialist, helping professionals land their dream roles in the nonprofit sector. I’m also the creator of Cyopspath, a job marketplace that cuts through the noise to deliver genuine opportunities. Growing my LinkedIn from 0 to 26K followers has shown me firsthand that social media, done the right way, can truly transform your career trajectory.
By Akshata N Bhat10 days ago in Education
Kash Patel has Emails hacked by Iran
Imagine learning that the top law enforcement official in the United States cannot protect his own email account. You might think it is a joke or a storyline from a cheap spy novel. Unfortunately, this is the current reality for Americans. FBI Director Kash Patel recently fell victim to a personal email hack. This event exposes a severe lack of basic security at the highest levels of the US government. When leaders fail to protect their own data, bad actors pay attention. Enemies and foreign hacker groups see an opportunity, and they are taking full advantage of the chaos.
By Jesse11 days ago in Education
Naushad Parpia On Why Constraints Drive Business Strategy
Business strategy often focuses on growth, expansion, and market opportunities first. However, every business operates within limits that shape decisions and outcomes. Constraints include resources, time, talent, capital, and operational capabilities available. Ignoring these limits creates unrealistic strategies that fail during execution stages. Successful founders identify constraints early and build strategies around them carefully. Entrepreneur Disciplined planning becomes critical before scaling any business, says Naushad Parpia. Constraint awareness improves clarity, focus, and responsible decision-making across teams. This article explains why strategy must begin with understanding business limitations.
By Naushad Parpia11 days ago in Education
The idiom “crossing the Rubicon
The idiom “crossing the Rubicon” is widely used today to describe a moment of irreversible decision—a point of no return after which consequences must be faced. But the story and history of this idiom is very historical and amazing.Its origin, however, is deeply rooted in interesting ancient Roman history, tied to a dramatic and pivotal event involving one of history’s most famous figures, Julius Caesar.
By Ibrahim Shah 21 days ago in Education