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Week of May 12, 2013

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The Internet

05.12.2013

"Everyone is on the Internet but they're not all talking with each other.  There are groups upon groups out there, but they don't talk to one another.  So while the Internet brings everyone into a share space, it does not necessarily bring them together."  -- David Lynch

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  1. Jaron Lanier on "Who Owns the Future?"

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    Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"

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  2. Douglas Rushkoff on "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now"

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    Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."

     

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  3. Gabriella Coleman on "Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking"

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    Anthropologist Gabriella Coleman talks about her book, "Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking."

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  4. James Lasdun on "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked"

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    James Lasdun talks about his book, "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked."

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Re-Thinking Education

Re-Thinking Education

05.12.2013
 (was 06.03.2012)

The debate about how to fix America’s schools rages on, while millions of parents simply opt out of the system.  We’re re-thinking education, from college programs for the incarcerated to a call for the end of standardized tests.

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  1. Alfie Kohn on Progressive Education

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    You want kids to love learning?  Get rid of the emphais on grades and test scores.  That's according to Alfie Kohn, one of America's most passionate advocates for progressive education.

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  2. Astra Taylor and Dana Goldstein on the Schooling Debate

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    Do public schools stifle creativity and real learning, or are they essential to a diverse society? Questions like this have sparked a lively debate in response to Astra Taylor’s recent essay “Unschooling” in the literary magazine n+1 and Dana Goldstein’s response in Slate. We hear both sides.

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  3. Jody Lewen on the Prison University Project

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    Jody Lewen is the executive director of the Prison University Project, a degree-granting program for the inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California.  She's seen first hand the transformative power of knowledge and education and thinks the most important feature of higher education should be accessibility.

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  4. Sean Pica on Earning His Degree in Prison

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    Sean Pica is the executive director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, a degree granting program out of Sing-Sing Prison in New York State.  It's full-circle for Pica who was convicted and served time for a crime he committed as a teenager. 

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