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lostpeoplefilms has written 2 posts for Cooperative Catalyst

Occupy Your Brain

Posted by lostpeoplefilms ⋅ March 1, 2012 ⋅ 25 Comments

On Power, Knowledge, and the Re-Occupation of Common Sense This is cross-posted at the Schooling the World blog, but in honor of the March 1 Day of Action for Education Transformation, I’m posting it here. Hope that’s okay with everyone. – Carol One of the most profound changes that occurs when modern schooling is introduced … Continue reading →

Three Cups of Fiction

Posted by lostpeoplefilms ⋅ May 11, 2011 ⋅ 37 Comments

On Greg Mortenson, and how our collective fantasy about saving the world with schools goes from romance to comedy to tragedy. The recent revelation that Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea is based on fictionalized accounts of his experiences in Pakistan and Afghanistan, that his charity’s funds were misspent and its books were cooked, and that there … Continue reading →