Let’s be honest; very few people read this blog (or would cop to reading it), and even fewer leave comments. So it was with some surprise that I saw a comment awaiting moderation on my recent post about the need … Continue reading
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The June 26, 2008 issue of The Nation has a brilliant, ringing address by E. L. Doctorow to a joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society on the theme of “The Public … Continue reading
As part of my day job at Henley-Putnam University I spend a lot of time on accreditation issues. I was deeply involved in working to secure both state approval from the California Bureau of Private, Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE) … Continue reading
Some time ago I blogged on a system called PoIC, which stands for Piles of Index Cards, a system for creating a personal knowledge database by Hawk Sugano. You can read more about it in the earlier entry, but the … Continue reading
The San Francisco Bay Area is notorious for being full of people who have interesting ideas and, what’s more, are prone to act on them. Creativity is the lifeblood of the Bay Area not just in the sense that it … Continue reading
Get some educators or instructors into a room and before long you will get an earful about good teaching practices, pedagogy, learning, and so forth. You’ll hear all the latest info about how best to get kids to pay attention, … Continue reading
From the website of the American Bookseller’s Foundation for Free Expression comes this interesting item: On March 25, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) condemned a new Indiana law that requires mainstream bookstores to register with the government … Continue reading
Every other week or so my spouse and I meet with some friends for dinner and conversation, usually at a favorite Chinese restaurant where we enjoy stimulating banter over excellent cuisine. An evening’s dinner conversation recently turned to the matter … Continue reading
I caught a very interesting opinion piece in the 27 February issue of the Providence Journal about how, once again, Finnish 15-year old students were rated the best in the world in math and science by the Program for International … Continue reading
Anti-intellectualism is an American tradition; for whatever reasons, the knowledgeable individual, the brilliant thinker will have their detractors who are not so much in disagreement with what they think or believe, but with their presence. Religious dynamics have driven much … Continue reading