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Aiming to give media scholars and watch-dogs more comprehensive data, the new tool automatically downloads text from blogs and newspapers and then categorizes the stories by content, sorting them into a searchable database...
...chairs the Harvard program, which cost attendees $5,000 apiece. Cheaper options include iRelaunch's $125 one-day return-to-work sessions around the country and its new $19.99 webinars. The first topic: What the heck is LinkedIn, and how can it be used as a job-search tool...
...Charter schools are another important tool in fostering higher levels of academic achievement. They offer smaller class sizes, more rigorous course loads, and provide students with a viable alternative to failing public schools—placing additional pressure on these schools to improve in response. They also act as “laboratories of innovation,” according to President Obama, in turning out new education methods. Many large cities, including New York and Los Angeles, have seen significant improvement in education quality thanks to the proliferation of charter schools. Illogically, 26 states cap the number of charter schools...
...academic setting. Stephen Pinker, an acclaimed Harvard psychology professor, said, “I think Wikipedia is a fantastic resource although I don’t allow students to use it as a source for their papers.” He added that the site is a good tool for students to use in order to orientate themselves in an area. However, Pinker said that because it lacks quality control, Wikipedia cannot be held to the same standard as scholarly journals and books. “Since the information on Wikipedia is constantly evolving, it is certainly not always accurate...
...There's Truth in Simulation Much praise is given to our documentary Burma VJ by your correspondent Andrew Marshall [Feb. 9]. However, Marshall also has strong reservations about the use of re-enactment as a narrative tool. Aesthetically, such methods can always be debated, but I cannot follow the article's suggestion that the film seeks to manipulate its audience by pretending to be a montage of purely authentic material while, according to Marshall, it is in fact a "docudrama." It is correct that there are reconstructions in the film. But we certainly have made no secret about...