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Shoppers Disappoint Retailers
“Shoppers Disappoint Retailers this Holiday Season.” Some analysts say the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., earlier this month may also have chipped… More.
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Sometimes You Really Can’t Get There from Here
Derek Sivers on why a focus on local isn’t right for everything, or everyone. More.
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School is Prison 2.0
Chipped ID cards, surveillance cameras and more! Peter Gray is right. School is prison. More.
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Homework
Alfie Kohn shares more research that concludes there is no meaningful benefit to homework. And still, the homework persists, because there are plenty… More.
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Resurfacing
I have been away. I think I may be coming back. Late last year I took over the little café space in our… More.
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A More Satisfying Relationship
People come to unschooling through a search for alternatives to conventional school and curriculum-based homeschooling. It’s good to remind ourselves along the way… More.
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Living As If School Didn’t Exist
The yarn project needs two more colors. Can we go to JoAnn? I put Sherlock on the Netflix queue. It says there’s a… More.
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Library Educated
“I’m completely library educated. I’ve never been to college. I went down to the library when I was in grade school in Waukegan,… More.
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The Conceptual Lens
“The conceptual lens through which we view (a situation) largely determines how we feel about it. This is one of the ways our… More.
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Signal to Noise
“Until you remove the noise, you’re going to miss a lot of signal.” Why blogging may be (once again) the best place to… More.
