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Karen Wade

West Covina business owner hit with multiple ADA lawsuits - SGVTribune.com - 0 views

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    The "down" side of the ADA
Ileana Maestas

Alternative to Traditional School Funding - Walt Gardner's Reality Check - Education Week - 0 views

  • Budget shortfalls are forcing states to come up with novel solutions for the wide disparities between poor and affluent school districts. The latest reminder was a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in May that ordered the Legislature to increase spending for only the 31 poorest urban districts ("Court Orders New Jersey to Increase Aid to Schools," The New York Times, May 24). Not surprisingly, the decision did not please the other districts in the state. In light of the problem in New Jersey and in other states as well, perhaps it's time to consider what is known as weighted student funding. The Summer 2011 issue of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management contains a study by Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske titled "Weighted Student Funding in the Netherlands: A Model for the U.S.?" For the past quarter of a century, the Netherlands has been using a version of WSF for all its elementary schools serving children from ages 4 to 12.
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    Alternative funding for traditional schools
Ruth Cuadra

As More Move To Cities, A New Take On Urban Design : NPR - 0 views

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    By the year 2050, some 7 billion people will be living in cities. As many people who live on the planet today will be city dwellers just 38 years from now. Two years ago, for the first time in human history, over 50 percent of the population of the world now lives in cities, and that trend is accelerating. Every month, 1 million people in the world move to a city. If we don't get cities right, we're kind of - don't have a very bright future as humankind.
Ruth Cuadra

"SmartStuff" E-book Introduces "Internet of Things" Revolution to Public - Business Rev... - 0 views

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    the second major phase of the Internet, in which the number of human users will be dwarfed by the number of cell phones, remote sensors and devices connected by the Internet. a projected 50 billion devices will be Internet-enabled by 2020
Johanna Fassbender

Cities Consider Selling Ads as Economic Lifelines - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Is this a way to raise money? Mixing public and private sectors?
Johanna Fassbender

Our underground future - Boston.com - 0 views

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    Are we moving underground?
Ileana Maestas

OMWB White Elephant Sale - 0 views

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    WHITE ELEPHANT SALE RAISES $1.8 MILLIONThe Bay Area's biggest and best rummage sale raised an unprecedented $1.8 million
Ileana Maestas

Professional Services Department -- Oakland Museum of California - 0 views

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    If museums are good at a particular service, it should consider expanding those services to earn money for the non-profit association.
Ruth Cuadra

Honda offers free collision insurance to electric Fit buyers - latimes.com - 0 views

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    An unique incentive to buy an electric car: free collision insurance Is this the seed of a trend?  General Motors tried the idea but dropped it earlier.
Ruth Cuadra

Museum of Endangered Sounds enshrines audio from bygone era - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    What else needs to be preserved in a museum before it gets away?
Ileana Maestas

http://www.speakupformuseums.org/docs/AAM927Charitable.wmv - 0 views

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    "Congress Takes a Hard Look at Charitable Giving: How Will Museums Fare?"
Ruth Cuadra

Row House Café is First Place Among Third Places - Seattle Restaurants and Di... - 0 views

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    We've heard this kind of description of a cafe as third place, but I loved this phrase: "European-styled place, with hints of grandma"
Catherine King

We think, therefore we are - FT.com - 0 views

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    What's The (Next Big) Idea For Flourishing Philosophy Clubs?
Ruth Cuadra

Living by the book - The Express Tribune - 0 views

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    Interesting description of what the availability of a "third space" might have meant to a young person as he was growing up:  a space that Jordan could have used to talk about how he felt while on his journey. It could have been used as a platform for Jordan and his peers to discuss what he was comfortable and uncomfortable with.
Lisa Eriksen

American Time Use Survey Summary - 0 views

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    Bureau of Labor data on eldercare, labor and leisure hours
Lisa Eriksen

New Numbers on Elder Care - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    NYT summary of labor stats on eldercare
Megan Conn

http://www.getchronos.com/ - 0 views

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    From my friend at the Institute for the Future... could a mobile app help people lead a more intention life? 
Megan Conn

Despite Grim Headlines, Africa Is Booming : NPR - 1 views

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    6 out of the 10 fastest growing economies are in Africa?  I did not know that!  What does this mean for museums there? 
Megan Conn

New Asian Immigrants To US Now Surpass Hispanics : NPR - 0 views

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    Shifting demographics re: immigration
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