Category Archives: Education

How A Decade-Long Literacy Obsession Transformed Brockton High

Contrary to the assumptions of many education reformers, it is possible to turnaround a failing school without firing teachers, getting rid of the union, offering pay incentives or hiring high-priced outside experts. In a wide-ranging interview last week, Susan Szachowicz, … Continue reading

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Education-Technology Lessons from School of One and An Old Tracy-Hepburn Film…

In Desk Set, the 1957 Hepburn-Tracy classic, when an inventor, played by Spencer Tracy, installs a giant computer named EMERAC in the reference department of the Federal Broadcasting Network, he tries to reassure the chief librarian, played by Katherine Hepburn, … Continue reading

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