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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/13/2009
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Reader V.C. writes: “I really want to make a pivot into the Urban Policy/Planning/Transportation world. Are there any basic texts or publications that you think would be good to read” There are! In particular, Christopher Leinberger’s The Option of Urbanism: Investing in ...
Teaching Reading Right
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
Teaching Reading Right
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — John McWhorter makes a somewhat overblown but essentially correct point about the screwed-up way we teach reading... in this country. Basically, there are two main ways of doing this. One, “direct instruction,” involves an emphasis on ... (more) Teaching Reading Right

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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/19/2009
Obama's reading list
— washingtonmonthly.com — OBAMA'S READING LIST.... We're wrapping up a presidency led me a man his own team has described... as "not a big reader." Barack Obama is an altogether different kind of leader, and as it turns out, a different kind of... (more) Obama's reading list

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Infrastructure To Nowhere
Ross Douthat — ... The good news is that the next generation of urban planners in the United States are unlikely to make precisely these kinds of mistakes - based on their likely reading lists, at least. The bad news is there's undoubtedly a whole new ...

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