Anything, really

"They Are Still Boys"

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:17:21 -0400

the grief support group of a Catholic boys high school

csmonitor: Seoul Power: South Korea, long in the shadow of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:17:28 -0400

Seoul Power: South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian ‘tiger economies,’ is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous – so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the North

Photos: (Top) Wonder Boyz bank member ‘K’ practices dance moves at a Gangnam studio. Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor

A young woman chats on a cellphone at a cafe in the Gangnam district, which sits on the south bank of the Han River, and is the epicenter of K-Pop. Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor

Graphics: Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor

“Look for the helpers”

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:33:49 -0400

“Look for the helpers”

What Americans would rather ignore about Finland's example

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:50:49 -0400

What Americans would rather ignore about Finland's example:

“Finland’s experience shows that it is possible to achieve excellence by focusing not on competition, but on cooperation, and not on choice, but on equity.”

The science of swarms

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:30:33 -0400

The science of swarms

The rise of disability

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:05:03 -0400

The rise of disability:

A real tragedy for all parties involved: those who cannot live without disability payments, those who cannot get jobs within their abilities and thus rely on disability, those whose dependence on disability limits their future options, et al…

"Clothing companies try to sell directly to consumers"

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:17:21 -0400

"Clothing companies try to sell directly to consumers"

On the science of sleep

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:32:18 -0500

On the science of sleep

South Korean directors cross over to Hollywood

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:15:00 -0500

South Korean directors cross over to Hollywood

vanillarooibos: This is beautiful and truer than true. There...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:15:41 -0500

vanillarooibos:

This is beautiful and truer than true.

There is a sci fi short story about a civilization that has outlawed timekeeping and clocks. It’s called Chronopolis and is worth of a read.

The ironies of teach for America

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:25:09 -0500

The ironies of teach for America

"When you break down student performance by social class, a more complicated, yet more hopeful,..."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:17:22 -0500

“When you break down student performance by social class, a more complicated, yet more hopeful, picture emerges, highlighted by two pieces of good news. First, our most disadvantaged students have improved their math scores faster than most comparable countries. Second, our most advantaged students are world-class readers.”

- Why Gloomy Pundits and Politicians Are Wrong About America’s Education System - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic (via infoneer-pulse)

More than happy

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:21:27 -0500

More than happy:

“Happy people get a lot of joy from receiving benefits from others while people leading meaningful lives get a lot of joy from giving to others,” explained Kathleen Vohs

Love takes work

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:17:37 -0500

Love takes work

Parenting and bribes

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:17:29 -0500

Parenting and bribes

"Amnesia and the Self That Remains When Memory Is Lost"

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:43:26 -0500

"Amnesia and the Self That Remains When Memory Is Lost"

"For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall"

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:59:39 -0500

"For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall"

Critiquing the online education boom

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:38:02 -0500

Critiquing the online education boom:

Why have we stopped aspiring to provide the real thing for everyone? That’s the interesting question, I think, but if we begin from the distinction between “elite” and “non-elite” institutions, it becomes easy to take for granted that “non-elite students” receiving cheap education is something other than giving up. It is important to note that when online education boosters talk about “access,” they explicitly do not mean access to “education of the best sort”; they mean that because an institution like Udacity provides teaching for free, you can’t complain about its mediocrity. It’s not an elite institution, and it’s not for elite students. It just needs to be cheap.

winter-glitter-red: this is one of the best thing I have seen...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:17:06 -0500

winter-glitter-red:

this is one of the best thing I have seen in my life.

wnyc: shortformblog: nbcnews: Shooting reported at...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:07:17 -0500

wnyc:

shortformblog:

nbcnews:

Shooting reported at Connecticut elementary school

(Photo: Shannon Hicks / The Newtown Bee)

State police were responding to reports of a shooting Friday at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., State Police Lt. Paul Vance told NBC News.

Vance had no information as to possible injuries and no information on the apparent shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The Newtown Bee reported that one child, apparently wounded, was carried from the scene by a police officer.

Read the developing story.

Such a terrifying photo. Kids should not have to deal with this, ever.

Side note: My mom subscribes to the Newtown Bee, it is an old-fashioned broadsheet, very broad, and has been published in Newtown, CT since 1877. —A.P.