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Sticks and Stones

The title is from this morning’s previous post. From a theater review in that post— … “all flying edges and angles, a perpetually moving and hungry soul” ……

Where Entertainment Is God

(Continued) And now for the musical! From Ben Brantley’s July Fourth review of a British play — “These two redefine the laws not just of chemistry but also of…

Smart Art

“If you can bounce high, bounce for her too.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Core Curriculum Vocabulary:

Separatrix  and  Mulligan An image from this journal on September 16, 2013: Mulligan: “A mulligan, in a game, happens when a player gets a second chance to perform a…

Core Curriculum

This post was suggested by reviews of the David Hare play “Skylight” at The New York Times , at WorldSocialism.org, and at ChicagoCritic.com.  Vide  Atoms in the Family ,…

Jersey Girl

“Oh, pretty baby…” — Frankie Valli at A Capitol Fourth  last night. Related material — Mira Sorvino in The Great Gatsby . “Jersey girls are tough.” — Garfield.

The Hallowed Crucible

Continues… “A physicist who played a central role in developing the theory of supersymmetry – often known as SUSY – has died.” — Times Higher Education , July 3,…

Knockout

(Continued from yesterday’s noon post, from  “Block That Metaphor,” and from “Mystery Box III: Inside, Outside“) “In one corner are the advocates of the Common Core, led by the…

Gates and Windows:

The Los Alamos Vision “Gates said his foundation is an advocate for the Common Core State Standards that are part of the national curriculum and focus on mathematics…

Core Mathematics: Arrays

Mathematics vulgarizer Keith Devlin on July 1 posted an essay on Common Core math education. His essay was based on a New York Times story from June 29, “Math Under Common Core…