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It’s not easy looking hard while eating a cupcake
Funny video from Saturday Night Live.Chronicles of Narnia raphttp://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0
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Research papers vs blogs: Defending “antiquated” teaching from 21st century education reform
I have a new guest post up at All Things Education, with my reactions to the latest salvo in the ongoing battle between research papers and blogs, and between high stakes testing education reform and its discontents. Please head there and read it, and comment. I would love to hear reactions from my loyal readers.
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Jon Stewart is NOT a comedian
>After the latest Jon Stewart beat down of a media lowlife (in this case, an entire channel, CNBC, as represented by Jim Cramer and Rick Santelli) for providing entertainment and calling it news, a similar script is playing out that did when he went on Crossfire to tell Carlson and Begala “You are hurting America”…
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McCain doesn’t really want to keep running
> My theory: McCain is sick of running for President, dealing with the Rovians, dealing with an increasingly less enamored press corps, and running against Barack Obama. You may have heard about his recent interview with Time magazine, which you can read (McCain’s prickly TIME interview) but listening to it is also available (the MP3)I…
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How Walkable is San Francisco?
>What I have always wanted when we go into San Francisco, is an easily readable topographical map. This is a reasonably good start… except note that basically, most of the city is barely walkable. This is from some guy named Lee Byron… mashing up some different maps.Here is his site, and the large version of…
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