Month: August 2019
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Saving Providence Public Students
This fall, students will be returning to Providence schools that have been branded insufficient. Hand-wringing and blame throwing won’t make a difference to the young people. Regardless of the state of the buildings, on the first day of school, every child must be greeted where they are — emotionally and academically. And then their teachers…
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Thoughts on Books and eBooks and “Fall” by Neal Stephenson
I just finished reading “Fall, Dodge in Hell” by Neal Stephenson. Or rather I read the first bit and finished by skimming to the end. Let me start with a review, and then go on about Book vs. eBook… I’ve liked Stephenson’s work since “Snow Crash”, and was on the Overdrive waiting list for this…