The response has been phenomenal! Just two months after the release of the Spanish edition of Invisible Learning, Cristóbal Cobo and I have given talks in Argentina, Czech Republic, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, and the United States. We also have near-term plans for additional talks in these countries and Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Finland, Russia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Most importantly, the conversation about Invisible Learning is growing –and we are pleased to see others lead the way!

From the slightly off-topic department… After laughing with Idiocracy‘s critiques of anti-intellectual culture in American society, this quote from Bill Maher hit home (via Crooks and Liars): Maher: “New rule, politicians must stop saying, ‘the American people are smarter than that.’ No they aren’t! If the Bush era has taught us anything, it’s that voters [...]

This post is a little bit off topic, but it’s good to point out excellent examples citizen journalism –or Journalism 2.0. Many civil service workers at the University of Minnesota are on strike. One of our picketing colleagues, Tom Elko, posted an excellent video of his observations over the past week: More at Tom’s blog… [...]

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I’ve refrained from commenting on politics up to now, but this is too absurd to be ignored any longer. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising [...]