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Honoring Each Other's Stories, and Taking the Time to Share Our Voices
I was inspired today by this article: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/36352. It was written by Wendy Harris for WHYY NewsWorks, and it is the first in a five-part series on teaching and...
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First book in hand!
My first book is in hand (well, not in MY hand)...and it is a seriously sexy sight to behold.
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The Book of Drugs: A Memoir--my latest book review
See my latest book review here:The Book of DrugsBy Mike Doughtyhttp://internetreviewofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-of-drugs.html
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Is It The End of Public Education as We Knew It?
Ava Cooley, 9, plays her violin to a crowd of more than 500 protesters outside Upper Darby High School before a school board meeting. Cuts are expected to be made to the arts, foreign language, music,...
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Beware of Artists: McCarthy Was Onto Something
Actual poster from 1950s (McCarthy's "Red scare" era)What's most alarming is the fact that not much has changed, and political witch hunts still take place every day, even here.
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A Great Interview with Maurice Sendak--Must Read!
I heard this old interview (transcribed in the article; click link, below) yesterday and it seriously blew my mind. I have seldom been as interested in or as inspired by any interview--and it's because...
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Four Important Points about Teaching & School
The arts are essential to the school curriculum. No more teaching to the test!A school is not a business. Learning is not a competition with winners and losers.Once again, with feeling--from fellow...
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When a Picture Isn't Worth a Word
I have written before about weird graphics, but this sign is the worst example I've seen yet. Thanks to George Takei, for posting it on Facebook.
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CarolineLeavittville Talks Beauty
If you know me, you may know that I (and 26 other writers) have a book coming out this week. It's entitled THE BEAUTIFUL ANTHOLOGY, and it's been a labor of love for over a year. Here's the tagline,...
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The Book Trailer--thank you to David Grossbach!
Get psyched for The Beautiful Anthology!It really helps to have great contributors such as Jessica Anya Blau, whose loving husband, award-winning filmmaker David Grossbach, spent many, many hours...
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Tyler Stoddard Smith: a humorist who "never tells jokes."
With Tyler Stoddard Smith’s new book about prostitutes, there is no fear of reading any solemn, stodgy accounts of the brazen businesswomen and men the French call “les grandes horizontales.” Whore...
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The History Boys--So Many Parallels...
I actually listened to Leonard Maltin the other day and ordered this British film on demand (99 cents!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45OsKkHhv90Startled by the parallels with my own ideas about...
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Life Lessons from Elephants
Found via 1,000,000 Pictures. Photograph courtesy Martin NyfelerAn elephant (top left frame) is suddenly attacked while drinking from river. A lurking crocodile bites her trunk and tries to drag her...
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Beautiful Links
Links for The Beautiful Anthology from TNB Books!The Beautiful Anthology at IndieboundThe Beautiful Anthology at Powell’sThe Beautiful Anthology at Barnes and NobleThe Beautiful Anthology at AmazonSee...
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Confessions of a Tortured Artist--from three years ago.
"Life, friends, is boring," John Berryman wrote in his famous poem, Dream Song #14. In his next breath, he warns: “We must not say so.”Berryman's mother apparently told him, as he reports, “Ever to...
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Why Some TV Shows and Movies are Good for Students
I spend much of my time coaching students to get them the best possible score on the SAT essay (the timed response-to-a-generic-prompt that has been part of the new SAT for the past several years). A...
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What is Gangnam Style? International Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0This video has had more than 30 million views...it's truly viral and is probably the most popular video in the world right now. Take a look at "Gangnam Style"...
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Asian Parents vs. American Parents: Asians Win.
Why are American schools and American students falling behind? Because American teachers are not really allowed to teach.Many American parents won't let teachers do their jobs--and yet, these same...
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Coming Soon! TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL
TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL(*Note new cover!)A Memoir by Elizabeth Collins“Provocative, can’t-put-it-down…this story is all the more compelling because it is true.”—Greg Olear, author of Totally Killer and...
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