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The Internet and My Tale of Two Crises | Lefty Parent

The Internet and My Tale of Two Crises | Lefty Parent

The Internet and a Tale of Two Crises

The Internet is our most dynamic new societal institution, developing quickly over the past 25 years from “Web 1.0” (providing static web pages with existing content) to“Web 2.0” (providing interactive environments for building connections between people, facilitating other societal institutions, and the “marketplace of ideas”). I think this is a good example, a good metaphor, for the direction we are moving (and should continue to move) in our entire society and its institutions, from top-down dissemination and control, to a more egalitarian exchange between a circle of equals.

Trying to look back thoughtfully on the last 25 years of my own life (my years coincidentally as a parent) it is

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Pelosi and Other Leaders Call on Weiner to Resign

nytimes.com - The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, on Saturday called on Representative Anthony D. Weiner to resign, underscoring the growing concern among Democrats that his online exchanges with women ha...
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Schools Matter: Poverty=failure

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Poverty=failurePoverty=failureby skrashenPoverty = FailurePublished in the USC Trojan Family Magazine Summer, 2011The deck preceding the stimulating interview with gaming experts ("...
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The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

truthdig.com - Education is moving to domestic policy center stage. The first round of competition for federal “Race to the Top” funds is over, and that competition generated a flurry of school reform activity ac...
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Big Kindergarten Wait List Limits City’s Pre-K Slots

nytimes.com - There were more applications for children to enter prekindergarten classes in New York City this year than last, but a smaller proportion of them ended up getting in: 68 percent, down from 72 perce...
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Class Size in Texas May Not Blow Up After All - Houston News

blogs.houstonpress.com - ​It's not going to be carte blanche and open the door to pack 25 kids into a classroom in Texas public school classrooms after all.Rep. Rob Eissler (R- The Woodlands) whose House Bill 18 wanted to ...
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The Best Sites For Learning About The Arizona Fire

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jun 11 2011 Larry Ferlazzo The radio says the massive and terrible fire in Arizona is only “six percent” contained. I thought I’d quickly bring together a few related resources. I have quite a few ...
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vivirlaeducacion.com - Publicado el 12 Junio 2011Archivado en Josep | Estoy en la Conferencia de comunidades de aprendizaje de edificio en Boston esta semana. Me han pedido como blog invitado allĂ­ durante la Conferencia...
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Walkerville Weekend Schedule: Feingold Will Visit Sunday

defendwisconsin.org - – June 11, 2011Posted in: Announcements Schedule for Saturday, June 10 3:00 p.m. Walkerville re-opens for business 7:30 p.m. Free concert featuring local country singer Whitney Mann Education ...
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Conn. budget awaits ratification of union deal

boston.com - HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut lawmakers may have wrapped up the legislative session, but a two-year, $40.1 billion state budget -- the session's hallmark piece of legislation -- remains unbalanced un...
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Schools Matter: The NAACP Case Against NYC

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: The NAACP Case Against NYCThe NAACP Case Against NYCby Jim HornBen Jealous in op-ed at the NY Daily News:The NAACP fights for the rights of all children. As the civil rights organiz...
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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org

parentadvocates.org - Saturday, June 11, 2011New York State Supreme Court Judge Carol Huff Plays Ball With The NYC Police Pension FundNY Courts-New York Court CorruptionBetsy Combier, EditorLINKEmpire Center files appea...
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NHCLC Says AL Law Is Anti-Christian, and Anti-American

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 6:09 pm, June 11, 2011 Photo Credits: The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference The Alabama Immigration policy, known as H.B. 56, signed into law by Alabama Gov. Robert Ben...
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Schools Matter: The NAACP Case Against NYC

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: The NAACP Case Against NYCThe NAACP Case Against NYCby Jim HornBen Jealous in op-ed at the NY Daily News:The NAACP fights for the rights of all children. As the civil rights organiz...
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Critical thinking is subversive | Dailycensored.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Critical thinking is subversive | Dailycensored.comCritical thinking is subversiveWritten by Danny WeilEducationJun 11, 20110diggShareFrom Larry Miller’s blog out of WisconsinFiled under: MPS,Right...
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