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Pew on US incomes: impact on education

PEW report on US incomes during “recovery”. A shrinking middle class in US is less likely to be able to afford high costs of some versions of education. Most obviously higher education, but perhaps also puts pressure on state and local governments tax base...

Edutainment: Boundaries

AFAIK, not staged “Safety instructions” on an Cebu Pacific flight. This reminds me a bit of the video Kris found where teens had done a kind of rap video explaining some parts of healthcare safety, or similar. Makes a point about motivating bored...

The power of “story” to “educate”

Recently have been exploring narrative in learning here. Kris posted a link a few weeks ago. In the 4/22/2013 issue of the New Yorker there’s an article on a huge movie studio and backlot in China. One paragraph in that article particularly struck me as appropos...