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  Jay Hinman

  

  Why Are American Schools Obsessed With Turning Kids Into Robots?

  The Atlantic - By Jane Greenway Carr

  Standardized tests aren't the only way of measuring intelligence. This post appears courtesy of New America's Weekly Wonk magazine.

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  The New New Africa

  lareviewofbooks.org - Olufemi Terry

  AMERICANS have probably learned more in the last three months about Liberia and Sierra Leone than in the previous 10 years. In the unrelieved …

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  Jay Hinman

  

  ‘Punk Syndrome: How Parents Can Avoid It’: Legendary ‘ABC Afterschool Special’ comes to YouTube

  dangerousminds.net

  A few months ago, Tara posted a tantalizing snippet of the curious 1987 ABC Afterschool Special “The Day My Kid Went Punk”—asking plaintively, “Who …

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  Jay Hinman

  

  ‘The Dog’ Who Had His Day on Film (Published 2014)

  The New York Times - Sam Roberts

  Running 130 otherwise perfect minutes, Sidney Lumet’s “Dog Day Afternoon” was punctuated by only two inauthentic moments as a feature film. One was invisible, and the other was barely audible. Because this 1975 classic was actually filmed in the frosty months of fall rather than in the dog days of …

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  Jay Hinman

  

  A Conversation Between Karl Ove Knausgård and Nic Pizzolatto

  theawl.com - The Awl

  The bar is nearly empty. Sun strains through a dirty window. Nic looks over at Karl, and Karl looks ahead. Nic pushes against the bar, leaning back on …

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  dynamitehemorrhage.com - Jay Hinman

  MANE, San Francisco’s own, live in concert. Check out my earlier song-post on them here.