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Do You Suppose It’ll Work for Teenagers?

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:00:25 +0000

Linky Friday

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:10:09 +0000

Diane Ravitch, Are Hollywood And The Internet Killing Reading?, Forbes, 2/17/09

Nearly five years ago, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) issued an alarming report called “Reading at Risk,” which declared that literary reading was in dramatic decline. The NEA reported a sharp drop from 1982 to 2002 in the proportion of people who [...]

Friday Fish Fry! Linkfest!

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:00:56 +0000

We’re clearing the catch cache around here afore it gets too smelly ripe mature! There’s some nasty tasty bits for sure!

– More on Obama’s speech: Questioning the Patriotism of High School Drop-Outs

This is an intriguing passage from last night:

And dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It’s not just [...]