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...Philadelphia's schools, the district is pruning the number of middle schools from 46 in 2003 to eight by 2008, while upping K-8s from 10 to 120. "I haven't seen anything to support the creation of middle schools, especially the way they work in large urban areas," Vallas says...
...urban areas, middle schools often became the antithesis of what reformers had intended. Instead of warm incubators of independence and judgment, they became impersonal, oppressive institutions. "In many urban schools," says Juvonen, "you can't help but notice that there are security guards around. There's someone expecting you to misbehave." That's especially destructive, she says, because young adolescents need their independence to be guided and nurtured, not squashed. "This is when kids start challenging social conventions. They say things like 'Why do I have to make my bed?' It's proof of their cognitive maturity...
That Samoan side Urale is ready to explore in her much-anticipated first feature, which she hopes to start shooting soon. Last July, she won a Fulbright residency at the University of Hawaii, where she polished her latest draft of Moana, about an urban Polynesian family's rediscovery of their pre-colonial myths. As a visual storyteller, whose modern-day fables have the weight of traditional Samoan fagogo, or fairytales, Urale has already begun that process, drawing new audiences around the projector's campfire. "I love social issues - that's why I make films," she says. "Because I want...
...Chaplin "gorgeously funny." Much has changed about the movies since then, but great films have always got the magazine's attention. Here, from film critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, is the best film of each decade since Time began. Metropolis 1927; Fritz Lang Lang's epic poem of urban dystopia and class warfare set the standard for imagining the future - and how it might feel to be a part of it. Even now, in the age of cgi, his dark vision remains unsurpassed. Dodsworth 1936; William Wyler A tycoon goes to europe and eventually sheds glum responsibility...
Sometimes, a walk through rural Japan may include almost as many encounters with vending machines and power lines as a stroll through central Tokyo. Unsullied landscape is rare, and few urban Japanese, let alone foreigners, would know where to find it. That's where Walk Japan (walkjapan.com) steps in. Founded by an English professor of public policy and a Canadian professor of Japanese?both with decades of experience in Japan?Walk Japan specializes in guided hikes through the country's remaining pristine wilderness. The company's newest tour is the seven-day, six-night Kunisaki trip, which follows the ancient...