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education: Ryszard Kapuściński on a Dictator’s Folly 1973 / Tehran; Speech Patterns 2012: The Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to increasing transparency of government procedures, recently undertook a study analyzing the...; Falling Off the Donkey c. 350 / Syria; Talking Book c. 1725 / Atlantic Ocean; What is Love? c. 1887 / Tuscumbia, AL; Word for Word by Ben Zimmer; Borrow the Barbarian’s Tools 1861 / Shanghai; School Ties 1899 / Tuskegee, AL; Required Reading 2011: Canonical literature may feel like bitter medicine, especially when read at an early age. But even after our tastes...; Springtime for Women 1916 / New York City; What Doesn’t Kill You… 2011: Contrary to a commonly held belief that parks should be safer and, in general, children’s lives free from harm,...; The Memory Game 2011: In an ever-accelerating digital world, some researchers are curious about the Internet’s effect on the memory, especially when almost...; Playing With Fire:
Education for the 21st Century March 26 at 2pm; Bright Ambition 1875 / Hartford; Vanishing Act by Paul Collins; Pledge of Allegiance c. 335 BC / Athens; The Playing Fields 1897 / London; Gustave Flaubert Conducts a Workshop c. 1845 / France; Practice Makes Perfect 1834 / Japan; Cautionary Tales 2010: An immigration case in Tennessee has gained national attention because of an educational right that many American families...