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Bigger (And Better?) Sustainable Farming

Frederick Kaufman looks at the ambitious, if obscure, consortium called the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops that pairs megafarms and...

Education: Morning Roundup, Has Teacher Accountability Gone Too Far?

Morning Roundup: From The New York Times: When Does Holding Teachers Accountable Go Too Far? The start of the school year brings another one...

Transparency: The Health of U.S. Teeth

Despite the fact that dental health is so important, too many people in America lack dental coverage. This is a look at how many children have...

Is Value-added Teacher Data Flawed?

Amidst the imbroglio kicked up by The Los Angeles Times series of articles on teacher effectiveness data comes the findings of a research paper...

Mini-Project: Your 140-Character Book Reviews

For our mini-Project today, we asked for your 140-character reviews of summer books, and you delivered. Apparently, people do still read books....

"The Little Boy" Is Growing Up, Moving West

According to the Los Angeles Times, the El Niño weather pattern has grown stronger and shifted west over the past few decades. But as with...

Fightin' iRish: Notre Dame Class Switches to iPads

Could the iPad replace the college textbook? The University of Notre Dame is going to find out. This fall, as part of a year-long study on...

U.S. Companies Say "No" to Tar Sands

American retailers like the Gap and Walgreens have joined a boycott of oil from Alberta's filthy tar sands. Calgary Herald

Intermission: Maxence Cyrin Plays Pixies for Greta Garbo

The artist Maxence Cyrin transforms the classic Pixies number "Where Is My Mind" into a lovely piano piece and sets it to a scene from The...

The Stimulation of 2 Million Smart Meters

The DOE is reporting that the Recovery Act has already funded the installation of 2 million (!) smart meters. DOE blog

Girls Think They're Smarter Than Boys

Starting at the age of four, girls think they're cleverer and better behaved than most boys, according to the BBC.  Researchers presented 238...

Urban Farms Bring Green to the Rust Belt

Levi's, the IFC, and the Sundance Channel have been producing a series of short videos on Braddock, Pennsylvania, a struggling former steel town...

Hostage Situation at Discovery Headquarters

There's a scary hostage situation going at the Silver Spring, Maryland, headquarters of Discovery Communications. DCist

Picture Show: Post-Katrina Graffiti on the Walls of New Orleans

Photographs from the new book, Destroy This Memory, by Richard Misrach.

Mini-Project: Write a 140-Character Review of a Book You Read This Summer

In 2008, Steve Jobs said "The fact is that people don’t read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year."...

The GOOD Education Series: You're Invited!

On August 19th, hundreds gathered at the GOOD headquarters in L.A. to talk about ensuring that all kids are on track to receive the 21st century...

Superman, Incredible Hulk Storm L.A.'s City Hall

A protest by the characters who charge money for photos on Hollywood Boulevard opens up a discussion about public space. Curbed LA

California Senate Rejects Ban on Plastic Bags

As it turns out, California has not banned single-use plastic shopping bags.  Los Angeles Times 

This Quarter's Magazine

Issue 020: The New Orleans Issue

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill is reaching Louisiana's shore. But in the face of unthinkable tragedy, New Orleanians – with characteristic tenacity – continue to find opportunity. This issue is a salute to the long time residents and recent transplants who are working to both remake and preserve this enduring icon of a city.

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