This chapter explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in America, including school closures, remote learning, and the challenges students face in returning to in-person classes. The interview with Temra Jokes Bohr offers valuable insights into the extent of this problem.
The calculus of the cold war is back, but there are new variables in the equation—namely China’s growing arsenal. We look at how three-way deterrence could work. Two years after America’s schools reopened their doors, a terrifying proportion of students are still skipping class (10:13). And what a slew of rickshaw apps says about India’s technological backbone (15:38).
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