“Into this fray comes the Up-Goer Five text editor, a widget created by geneticist Theo Sanderson, which restricts writers to the 1000 most commonly used words in the English language.”
Tag: 01.31.13
Cursive Writing Is Disappearing From School Curricula
“The common core state standards, a set of math and English goals agreed upon by 45 states and now being implemented, sends cursive the way of the quill pen, while requiring instead that students be proficient in keyboarding by fourth grade. Cursive is optional – and, so far, few schools have opted for it.”
The NEA’s Chief of Staff – And Where He Thinks The Arts Are Going
Jamie Bennett: “I have a lonely, little liberal arts BA and absolutely no training in measurement, statistics, or research methods, so any opinion I offer may be the result of too little formal education. But that said, I feel that all too often people can get bollixed up in a lot of jargon and fancy flow charts.”
The Young Ones, They Like Their Print Books
Seriously – college kids appear to prefer print to screen. So why should publishers, authors, or librarians worry?
Minnesota Orchestra Talks Drag On With Musicians
“The musicians have suggested that concerts resume while talks proceed. Management says that would result in losses of $500,000 a month. While the players say additional funds could be raised to cover those costs, management wants an independent analyst on whether those donors could be counted on for the long term.”
Canada’s Globe & Mail Reassigns Books Editors
One of the departing editors “bemoaned the lack of ads “even during the busiest release season,” and warned that literary criticism in Canada is in crisis.
Globe & Mail Editor Won’t Say Whether Books Coverage Will Be Cut
“It may be more. It may be less, though I don’t think it will be.”
Does Virtual Reality make Your Braver?
“Giving people an ability normally reserved for superheroes apparently inspires them to embody the altruism such characters typically represent.”
New Jersey Symphony Says Departed CEO Deceived Them
“The NJSO now says Richard Dare deceived the organization by providing an “incomplete and misleading version” of criminal charges.”
What Kansas State Arts Funding Looks Like After Eliminating It
“After significant backlash, Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas legislature restored some funding to the arts in the 2012 legislative session. Whether or not that will result in a restoration of matching funds remains to be seen.”