education

my parents were right (and still are)

In education, personal on 8 January 2009 tagged university of virginia, uva with no comments

Years ago when my parents moved us to the DC area to be near my grandparents they chose to live south of the Mason-Dixon. They settled in Virginia, rather than Maryland, largely for the higher education options. They were on to something. The Princeton Review just ranked the “best value” universities and their alma mater, [...]

the girl effect.

In design, education, environment, inspiration, net culture, politics on 18 October 2008 with 1 comment

The Girl Effect.

this american life: testosterone and public property

In design, education, queer, radio, washington dc on 7 March 2008 with 1 comment

This American Life is almost always engaging, if not brilliant…but here are two recent highlights:
Episode 220: Testosterone, rerun Feb 22. Check out Act Two’s interview with an FTM dicussing the transition of his viewpoint after injecting T.
Episode 350: Human Resources, aired last weekend. Act One on the New York Public Schools’ purgatory for teachers is [...]