Monthly Archives: January 2012
Website Review: Mission 2 of Mission: US – “Flight to Freedom”
All video game franchises attempt to improve with time. With PBS’ Mission:US, however, the delays were making us question whether there was going to be a second mission after all. It has been a long time coming, but the second … Continue reading
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This Day in History 1/23: The Founding of Georgetown University
Sure, this isn’t exactly Earth-shattering history for most of you, but it certainly is to me. On January 23, 1789, John Carroll, Robert Molyneux and John Ashton completed the purchase from Threlkeld and William Deakins, Jr. for “seventy five pounds … Continue reading
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Slaves, Oranges and Arithmetic: The Dangers of Too Much Content Integration
In that ever-growing list of educational untouchables, the enslavement of African Americans is among the most sensitive and nerve-rattling. So why in Hell would a teacher build a set of math problems based on slavery? The misguided belief that social … Continue reading →
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