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Recess revisited

April 13, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education Leave a comment

“Playtime is over”, says David Elkind in his March 26 New York Times Op-ed. In a previous post, I wished for the return of

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Texas school board removes Jefferson from curriculum

March 21, 2010 Madonna Gauding Education, History 2 comments

Congress makes it to the daily news but highly influential school boards often fly under the radar. When right wing board members gain a majority,

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What schools can learn from babies

March 3, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education 7 comments

Babies are organic learning machines. I’m seeing that more clearly now, from the perspective of a grandmother.  Each Wednesday, when my granddaughter arrives at

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Elizabeth Warren on the coming collapse of the middle class

March 2, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy 3 comments

Elizabeth Warren has been predicting the collapse of the middle class for years and unfortunately, her predictions are coming true. In this hour-long lecture,

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Instant change is no change

February 23, 2010 Arthur Lieber Education, Obama 3 comments

Imagine if we looked at solving problems over the course of a generation, or perhaps even longer. One thing is that our options for solutions would grow exponentially.

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