Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell wins annual $1M Global Teacher Prize

By SharpBrains | March 20, 2017

— Cana­di­an school teacher wins $1M glob­al teacher prize beat­ing out thou­sands of appli­cants (CBS News): “A Cana­di­an school teacher who encour­ages hope and acts of kind­ness in an iso­lat­ed cor­ner of Que­bec won a $1 mil­lion prize Sun­day in what has become one of the most high-pro­­file awards for teach­ing excellence.

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Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 7, 2008

(Hat tip: Boing Boing) The CIA has post­ed the full text of one of its guide­books, “Psy­chol­o­gy of Intel­li­gence Analy­sis”, pub­lished in 1999 by the CIA’s Cen­ter for the Study of Intel­li­gence. Haven’t had time to play with it yet, but these quotes sound fascinating:

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