Today at S2e TV!

on
Reason's Nick Gillespie & Lisa Snell Call Bullsh*t on Public Education Abuses
ReasonTV
"Our current system is failing parents, it's failing taxpayers and especially it's failing students," says Reason TV's Editor in Chief, Nick Gillespie, who joined Reason Foundation’s Director of Education and Child Welfare, Lisa Snell, at Reason's Los Angeles headquarters to give a talk on public education abuses.

Gillespie points out that education in America is out of step with the libertarian moment or "a time of increasingly hyper-individualized, hyper-expanded choice over every aspect of our lives...a world where it’s more possible than ever to live your life on your own terms." But, he points school choice pushes education one step closer to that hyper-individualized world:

School choice allows us to individualize our kids' education just as we increasingly individualize so many aspects of our own lives, from racial and gender affiliation to where and who we work to what sorts of movies, music, and food we produce and consume.
Brownstone Brooklyn's Racial Divide: Why Are the Schools So Segregated?

ReasonTV
Will moving the lines on a map integrate Brooklyn's public schools? What if instead of redrawing catchment areas, poor parents were given the same choices middle-class families take for granted?

P.S. 8 in Brooklyn Heights is one of New York City's most sought after public elementary schools. It’s surrounded by luxury condominiums and nineteenth-century town houses. Young families pay top dollar to move into the zone with the goal of laying claim to one of P.S. 8’s coveted kindergarten spots.

Three quarters of a mile from P.S. 8 is another public elementary school called P.S. 307. It serves a tiny section of Brooklyn that on a map looks like it was carved out of the area assigned to P.S. 8. And the zone is fully occupied by the Farragut Houses, which is a large public housing project.
NFL Wide Receiver Griff Whalen: Eating Vegan 'Helps Me a Lot'
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Griff Whalen talks about feeling lighter and faster on the field by eating vegan as well as how he finds plenty of plant-based proteins.
"The Settlers": New Film Reveals History & Consequences of Israeli Settlements on Palestinian Land
Democracy Now!
http://democracynow.org - As Israel faces international condemnation over its plan to build 153 new settlement homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the watchdog group Peace Now reports Israel’s defense minister has approved the construction of the new Jewish-only homes last week. The plan sparked swift criticism from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who called the settlements "an affront to the Palestinian people and to the international community." In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Ban Ki-moon’s criticism gives "a tailwind to terrorism" and that the "U.N. lost its neutrality and moral force a long time ago." This comes as President Barack Obama spoke at the Israeli Embassy to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, saying, "We are all indeed Jews." We examine the history and consequences of decades of Israeli settlement construction on Palestinian lands in an interview with Shimon Dotan, the director of an extraordinary new film, "
Yummy Worms for Long-eared Bat's Dinner
Wildlife Aid
This little ball of fur was brought in to us, after spending a night and part of the following day not moving on the ground. Bats hibernate, so it's very unusual to see one at this time of year, let alone during the day time! She was very thin and dehydrated, so we gave her some yummy mealworms with lectade. After an hour or so, she had perked up a little bit, which is a very good sign!

She will now be taken on by our specialist bat carer, who will look after her, check if she can fly properly and release her when she has fully recovered.


Related articles