a couple of local news items of interest, in terms of folks going SERIOUSLY against the grain, in education and in commerce:
the sister of one of d's best childhood friends runs an alternative school in Price George's County - no curriculum, no tests, no grades. the Washington Post profiles it today:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/23/AR2006042300926.html
in even more local news, one of the current open society institute fellows is part of the collective that runs the Baltimore Free Store - no fixed location, no paid staff, no cost to customers. the Baltimore Sun profiles it today:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.freestore24apr24,0,6393946.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
oh, marx would be so proud (just finished reading the first chapter of the german ideology).
scattered thoughts on life, on design, and on {beatrice + the bird}
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