Brexit, or We Won The War! – Alison…
Alison Smale The New York Times BERLIN – When I was born in 1955 in London, the last food rationing imposed in World War II had ended only months before. Growing up, one of the…
About PEGIDA – Alison Smale
Alison Smale (The New York Times) Pegida first caught my attention in late November, when I read in German media that there were peaceful rallies taking place each Monday in Dresden. They were attracting ever…
Britain, Germany and the 1. Weltkrieg. Typisch deutsch?…
Roger Boyes (The Times) This is the centenary year of the outbreak of the First World War--and it is making Europe think. Are we organising international society correctly to prevent regional conflict turning into a…
David Charter (The Times)
For the first time in 100 years, neither the centre right Conservatives nor centre left Labour Party won a nation election in Britain. The triumph of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the European Parliament…
Reversing Underachievement among Immigrant-Background Students: What Does the…
In this paper, I analyze patterns of school achievement among students of immigrant background and suggest evidence-based directions for increasing students’ educational success. Although each social context is unique, some generalizations regarding patterns of achievement…
Alison Smale – New York Times
During decades of observing Germans and Americans, I have often wondered what might have happened if, as was almost the case, the early settlers in the United States had adopted not English but German as…