A 17th century educational network could offer an alternative to universities under ideological attacks from the right.
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How a couple of students with too many books went and created their own public library.
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The idea is quite simple: you get a bunch of people together in one place where they sit quietly for a couple of hours reading books.
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If ever there was a time for starting a journal to record your own small part in all this, it is now.
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Intertidal ecosystems are one of the more dramatic examples of what biologists call the “edge effect.” This describes what happens when two different kinds of ecosystems come into contact with each other.
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Freedom University is an underground learning community that assists undocumented youth acquire the intellectual tools needed to prepare for college.
Continue readingBy Sheldon Greaves The week before last I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Megan Prelinger, who with her partner Rick took their personal libraries that had grown too big to manage, and turned them into a DIY public library … Continue reading
In the 1960s and early 70’s. the Midpeninsula Free University created a thriving, radical learning community with lessons for today.
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With a little help from some free software, you can turn YouTube videos into audio files, to listen to later at your leisure.
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