I bought a copy of the not-strictly literary magazine, The Baffler, last weekend at a Davis-Kidd sale. I had not seen a copy in a long time and apparently it has been on a sort of sabbatical. I am glad to see it back in the magazine racks.
As best i can describe it, The Baffler [...]
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The Baffler returns
Gerald W. Bracey, defender of public education…
This afternoon I returned home from a work session. Had some more forms to fill out and return to Vandy. Then I turned to my email that had accumulated since this morning. Read the notice from the Education and the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado that Jerry Bracey died Tuesday night in [...]
advocacy-oriented think tank studies have better odds of making the news
From an email I received Monday from the folks at the Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC) at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Education Policy Research Unit (EPRU) at Arizona State University:
BOULDER, Colo., and TEMPE, Ariz. (July 27, 2009) — University and government research gets the most play in two of [...]
Answers & a 2nd set of questions on the Golden Age of Radio Quiz, 2 of 8
Last week I asked if you could remember the shows sponsored by ten well-known (at that time) products. I’ll give you the answers and then ask if you can remember the opening announcements of five popular shows. But first the answers to last week memory test as given by Frank Buxton and Bill Owen:
Spry shortening [...]
Cherokees reunite at Red Clay last weekend
Sharon Ensminger told us yesterday of taking in part of the historic convocation of the Eastern Band of Cherokees and the Cherokee Nation (located in Oklahoma) last weekend at Red Clay State Park near Cleveland in Bradley County. This was a big occasion– momentous, even– of which we should be aware. Here’s the write-up leading [...]
The crisis of credit explained in infographics
This is from this morning’s Radar post (http://radar.oreilly.com). I was so taken with it I just had t0 repeat it here:
The Crisis of Credit explained in Infographics– a great 10m movie explaining the whole disaster from cash to crash, with an infographic-meets-Flash-game feel to it. This is the future of educational films. I’ve embedded it [...]
“Hot spot” incident mapping in rural Tennessee
The revelations from a map showing simply the locations and addresses where drinking alcohol and kids occur together fuels awareness and actions by community groups and law enforcement agencies, alike, in the small rural Tennessee county of Houston. The maps are the initiatives of the Houston County Drug Alliance, the local community anti-drug coalition, and [...]
Four from the Economist
There are four articles from the year-end double issue (Dec 20 2008 & Jan 2 2009) of The Economist that will change your thinking.
Well, maybe that’s a bit of hyperbole. They altered my thoughts and they may alter yours as well– that’s all I am saying.
The double issue is especially packed with newsworthy and reflective articles on such [...]
Data and measurement needs of a coalition
“If a judge or commission member knows there are people in the community caring and that show up to the meetings, then they will very likely make totally different decisions.”
Mrs. Camilla Bibbs-Lee was telling us a story to describe the multiple strategies of the Hamilton anti-drug coalition. We were sitting in her office, which doubles [...]