Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Since 1964, Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Uganda teaching a variety of subjects at primary schools, secondary schools, and primary teacher colleges with a specific focus on literacy. The Primary Literacy Project was established in 2013 to improve the quality of primary education through improved classroom instruction and student achievement in literacy. As…
On Monday, Iowans will flock to their local churches and school gyms to participate in the Iowa Caucus. By day’s end, both Democrats and Republicans will have a winner, and a bona fide frontrunner for their party’s presidential nomination. Some candidates’ chances will essentially be cooked. But it’s safe to say that the day will not end…
There is nothing in the world that can keep me from watching this movie. This movie is where Kevin Spacey’s punishment for working too hard and ignoring his family is being turned into a cat by Christopher Walken. I do not know what caused Barry Sonnenfeld to bring his directorial skills to this. I also…
Kevin Smith’s Dogma is a star-studded, religious themed, highly offensive, violent and gross R-rated road trip comedy about a descendant of Jesus Christ saving the world from two fallen angels. That madcap collection of ideas worked on me as a teenager. Now, not so much. When I first saw Dogma, I was totally and utterly…
Image copyright Getty Images Passionate support for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has propelled him into a close race with fellow Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. But some say that support has turned aggressive and abusive online. After the 25 January Democratic town hall, Emily Nussbaum, television critic for the New Yorker magazine, tweeted some positive feedback…
Windows Phone started off life as a promising alternative to Android and iOS five years ago. Microsoft positioned its range of Windows Phone 7 handsets as the true third mobile ecosystem, but it’s time to admit it has failed. If a lack of devices from phone makers and even Microsoft itself wasn’t enough evidence, the…
A new survey examining the race and gender makeup of the publishing industry reveals what many writers and readers of color long suspected: Much like Hollywood, the publishing industry is overwhelmingly white. The brainchild of Jason Low of Lee & Low publishers, the Diversity Baseline Survey asked publishing houses and review journals to report the…
In a spiral notebook dedicated to lists of her short- and long-term goals, Judi Spaletto tidily records her three-, five-, and 10-year plans. She knows what she wants from her career, and it has largely worked for her—until one day, three years ago, when she decided she wanted to join a corporate board of directors….
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Having slogged through several years of research on the many and complex causes of the financial crisis, I take it personally when people try to rewrite history and ignore what actually drove the events that led to the collapse. That is our charge today, in response…
Photo Donald J. Trump at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Tuesday night.Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times It was a blustery and dramatic move, 48 hours before the final Republican debate until the Iowa caucuses: Donald J. Trump stormed out in a rage at Fox News, jeopardizing the network’s ratings…