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From an Op-Ed in the June 1 online edition of the NY Times by Brian Greene: Put a Little Science in Your Life The entire piece is worth the read. If you are pressed for time and need to choose between reading this blog post and the article, choose the article. Some excerpts that struck me as particularly relevant:

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Hello, Ken,

In reading through this post (as I did, a couple times) before replying, I was left wondering if you had actually read any of the posts you linked to. For example, you link to the post Authority is not truth — in this post, the author links to a very detailed analysis that debunks some blatant inaccuracies of a WaPo article. What is the matter with that? It’s an excellent model of critical thought. Read the article. Please.

Over on his blog, Miguel Guhlin asks: Anyone have suggestions on how to respond to this question? I welcome all brainstorming ideas... We are ready to implement a student portal (with teacher and parent portals to follow) for our 1:1 campuses. We would like for this portal to be a web-based, searchable, "pretty"