the reality tunnel

This article came across my feed reader.  From the article: “The practice of separating girls from boys in the classroom was the norm decades ago. Now, it seems to be something of a new trend.”
A few thoughts … I read a book on gender and computing that said that while girls do better in single [...]

The book group I’m facilitating at the county jail met again this past week, interrupting an Uno game going on in the common area of the cell block.  I had just played a game of Uno that afternoon, sprawled out across a post-picnic blanket on a grassy patch just above the lake.  Kids splashed below [...]

From a story on All Things Considered:
Since the 2000 elections, the number of young Americans going to the polls has increased steadily. This year is no different: In some states, double and triple the number of voters younger than 30 have turned out for primaries, compared with 2006. But another trend is also emerging: the [...]

Georgia School Melds a World of Differences – New York Times:
“The fact that we don’t have anything in common is what we all have in common,” said Shell Ramirez, an American parent with two children at the school….
“The mission,” Ms. Thompson [one of the founders of the school] said, “was never to create an enclave [...]

This radio piece had interesting statistics on the financial viability of the latest Radiohead album which was also available as a free download.
Adam Greenfield, the person interviewed in the piece teaches a class in Urban Computing at as part of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU.
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Update:
My friend Peter, had the following to add:
Regarding your [...]

Online classes were just emerging as I left college.  There was a piece on Morning Edition this morning about the technology and trends in general and an instance of them at on University of Illinois branch.  I think this technology is inevitable and it does have some egalitarian advantages, as the president of the University [...]

So Oliver is trying to figure out what’s best for his kids, Stuse is working on an audio documentary about alternatives in education from the roadtrip of free schools and alternative schools she took in the spring, Ben is reading Teruvina’s copy of the Teenage Liberation Handbook, and Patrick’s friend Rich is working on a [...]