Erin Gruwell and two of her former students talk with Judith Strasser. They describe the hostile situation in their school in Long Beach, California, and Miss Gruwell’s solution.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Edward Friedman tells Steve Paulson that the Chinese act as if they are already involved in a Cold War with the U.S.
Chris Moulin is a cognitive neuro-psychologist at Leeds University.
Diane Ravitch was a strong proponent of charter schools and the No Child Left Behind program. She now recognizes the political agenda behind all the recent school cuts and has changed her mind.
For decades, urbanists have been thinking about cities as organisms. They take in resources, eject waste, spread and grow. Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West decided to put the idea through the mathematical ringer. So, are cities like organisms? Yes. And no.
You can also hear the uncut interview with West.
The marriage of David and Kristen Finch was falling apart when Kristen asked Dave to take the "Aspie quiz." It turns out Dave has Asperger Syndrome. They talk about how the diagnosis changed their lives.
Brian Palmer has been a staff writer at Fortune magazine, Beijing bureau chief for US News and World Report and a correspondent for CNN. He tells Anne Strainchamps that none of that prepared him for Iraq where he was embedded with the First Battalion/Second Marines.
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