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Why growing concentrated poverty dooms school reform | Washington Post

Why growing concentrated poverty dooms school reform | Washington Post | :: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it

By Valerie Strauss

 

"As the United States increasingly regresses toward a Gilded Age of haves and have-nots—in terms of income, education, and opportunity—taking on concentrated poverty is critical. Indeed, Richard Rothstein and Mark Santow assert in their recent paper that, until we do so, education reform efforts are all but doomed.  Continuing to consign so many children and families to communities devoid of pathways out of poverty is tantamount to throwing away our greatest resource for the 21st century: human potential."

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Digital Publishing for Filmmakers: The Karada and The Silent History [#Transmedia]

Digital Publishing for Filmmakers: The Karada and The Silent History [#Transmedia] | :: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it

Randy Astle:  "Transmedia by definition requires producers to work in more than one medium; the fun, most of the time, is in devising ways to carry a narrative (or narrative world) across different platforms" ...


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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight, March 5, 2:16 AM

Interesting - Click the headline for the full story.

Joakim Baage, SPOON USA's curator insight, March 5, 10:55 AM

The book business need this kind of thinking

Debbie Elicksen (LION)'s curator insight, March 5, 11:43 AM

The future is now

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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Self-Pubbed Author Beware

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Self-Pubbed Author Beware | :: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it

Every one of them is self-pubbed. In fact, there are only three legacy authors in the Top 30. I count only ten legacy pubbed in the Top 100, and most are brand names.

That's... staggering.

It also doesn't bode well for legacy publishers.

Long ago, I said ebooks aren't a competition. But that only applies when they are affordable. Once an ebook costs over five bucks, readers become choosy. The above list is proof. There are ten ebooks on that list priced more than $4.99.

Bet you can guess which ones. Hint: none of the self-pubbed.


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