Editor’s Note: The word “secession” is often used in reference to states or countries that wish to break up and form their own government. But here in the United States, there are communities that want to separate from their school districts to form their own. One of the latest examples …

Advertising Later this month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will host its 32nd summit. ASEAN’s themes for 2018, under Singapore’s chairmanship, are “resilience and innovation”. Both will be needed if group members are to iron out their differences and address their challenges. Economically, for example, the Bertelsmann Transformation …