February 2012
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Will: Rebranding Teachers →
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A couple of weeks ago, I ran across this post on “Rebranding Teachers” at Hyperakt, a design firm for “the Common Good.” Here’s the gist:
We began with a simple premise, that education is the key to human progress, therefore teaching is among the most important professions for humanity. Our…
1914to1919:
Drag show concert party.
On a card printed in Britain to raise money for disabled Belgian troops of the First World War, soldiers gather outdoors around a makeshift stage where a male in drag is performing with two other soldiers in a theatrical piece. Sites for military theater included ruins of churches, tents, huts, outdoor platforms as well as stages in well established ...
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The Blackboard →
childrenofanothertime:
David “Chim” Seymour had an intuitive ability to identify and record key moments in the experience of events and of his surroundings allowed him to access wordlessly the emotional heart of a subject. This is from a UNESCO-commissioned project to document the effects of World War II on Europe’s children. It depicts a child who has lost her parents...
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Yves Saint Laurent 1959.
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Yves Saint Laurent 1959.
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question: Oh and also, some unexciting, unimportant news, just the usual…
Who is J.K. Rowling?
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What’s funny about a serious question?
George with T. S. Eliot
catsandtheirpeople:
This photograph probably taken by Vivienne (Haigh-Wood) Eliot shows T.S. Eliot at home at 57 Chester Terrace, London in 1928.
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Addison Place, West London. 1957. Now long gone with the Westway. Photographer: Roger Mayne
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“[I]t’s a good thing to think about the child as long as you remember that the...”
– Margaret Mead (via robertogreco)
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sayitreallyfast asked: I really love that you posted the Adichie TedTalk. It's simply splendid. /instantreblog
Cats And Their People: The poet of apprehension →
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Highsmith and Ripley
In Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950s her one-time lover, Marijane Meaker, describes her as “tall and thin. Black, shoulder-length hair, with dark brown eyes. She looked like a combination of Prince Valiant and Rudolf Nureyev.”
Patricia Highsmith at her house in…
thelondonwelost:
Cricket. Addison Place, North Kensington 1957. By Roger Mayne.
Affirmative Action in College Admissions →
pdscollegecounseling:
The Supreme Court will hear a case that may overturn precedent established in 2003 regarding the role of affirmative action in college admissions.
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Why Science Doesn’t Support Single-Sex Classes
By Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers
The loud, hissing sound you hear may be the air coming out of the tires of a much-hyped vehicle for improving American public education: the single-sex classroom.
Gender-segregated classes have been promoted in best-selling books, warmly embraced by the media, praised by school officials, and...
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A Modern Village School: 1944
poughkeepsieday:
Wonderful pictures of what looks like a creative classroom in a pre-Plowden primary school. Look at the desk arrangements. From the Imperial War Museum collection.
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