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“Ask Your Teachers for a Rebate”
Ian Ayres is a gentleman and a scholar (and a lawyer and an economist). He’s a professor at Yale, and since 2005 has been handing out cash to his students whenever he assigns one of his own books as a...
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Intense and Intents and Intensive Purposes
Kids who grow up with no television in their homes either (a) make friends quick with a kid whose family worships the ‘mote, or (b) they read a lot. My utter lack of pop culture references from the...
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Flat World Knowledge Teams Up With Bookshare
Have I mentioned the awesomeness that is Flat World Knowledge? I’m fairly certain that I have. They were doing good things in the textbook world back in September of 2008, and now they’re teaming up...
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The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
It’s shocking. I’m overwhelmed with dumbfounded bafflement. How can this be? They went and published an anthology of science writing, and all but three of the authors are of the male persuasion. Is...
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Life After Grad School: Getting From A to B
Graduate school, should it have escaped everyone’s notice, prepares no one for reality. One learns insanely vast oceans of information, but this just means that the M-Something or the PhD in question...
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Problem Solving 101
I’m already certain that I absolutely must read this book: Problem Solving 101—A Simple Book for Smart People. Kyle James at .eduGuru.com reviewed it, bringing it to my attention (I’m grateful)....
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14 Ways To Save Green While Increasing Greenness
Arjun Muralidharan, aka the Productive Student, has a list of 14 ways college students can strive for greenness on Earth. You’ll want to do them all to slow the destruction of the planet, but you’ll...
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Intense and Intents and Intensive Purposes (Re-Post)
Author’s Note: I’ve re-posted this article for your reading pleasure as I am on vacation. Kids who grow up with no television in their homes either (a) make friends quick with a kid whose family...
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Equality In the Public School System (Or the Lack Thereof)
Two great reads from the Oxford University Press (if you’re an education nerd like me): Five Miles Away, A World Apart by James E. Ryan, and In Brown’s Wake by Martha Minow. Five Miles Away, A World...
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Frugal Gift Giving For Any Time Of Year
The recession makes the holidays even more exciting, yes? The stress and fear of minimal funds leads to killer adrenaline rushes, which is always fun. Adults are always freaking out about the...
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