Sesame Street's 41st Year

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Over the past 40 years, Sesame Street has transformed our expectations of what children’s television can and should be. And they’re still at it. {play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/9-28-10.mp3{/play}

When a child is born or diagnosed with deafness or hearing impairment, both medical responses and educational interventions are available. But how are parents to make informed choices? That’s the subject of a bitter debate right now in Sacramento.

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Econmomics of Diversity

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100

Promoting educational opportunity for all is good economic policy, says Stanford Professor Martin Carnoy, while perpetuating inequality is bad for business.

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Three Minute Fiction

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100

There are short stories, and then there’s “micro-fiction,” such as the ultra-brief vignettes featured in Weekend All Things Considered’s “Three-Minute Fiction” contests.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

A map such as this is a way of organizing the world into distinctly defined nations. But the lines on a map can and often do differ from what is true in the physical and political world that map attempts to represent.

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Many of the lines on international maps—especially the straight ones&Read More...

Ancient Maps

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Western Civilization’s understanding of the size and shape of planet earth can be traced through the maps and atlases that were published three to five hundred years ago.

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Dual Immersion Education

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Teaching kids Spanish and English together, from kindergarten through high school, is proving highly successful in the Sonoma Valley.

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Students in the dual immersion program don’t just do well in their language studies, says Adele Harrison Middle School Principal Karla Conroy. It also teaches them study skills thRead More...

Green-Collar Jobs

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:00:00 +0100

As the US economy struggles to climb out of the current downturn, there's a new emphasis on creating "green-collar" jobs which could be especially beneficial to California. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/5-7-09.mp3{/mp3remote}

Jewish Studies at SSU

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100

Sonoma State University is adding a new minor in Jewish Studies, a first step toward a full curriculum in Religious Studies

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Professor Mike Ezra says the addition of Jewish Studies courses at Sonoma State should help develoRead More...

Willie Garrett

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100

After living in Sonoma County for nearly 60 years, civil rights advocate Willie Garrett has seen--and instigated--some substantial changes here. But he'd still like to see more.

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One of Willie Garrett's first moves toward expanding integration in Santa Rosa, focused on the city's swim center, somRead More...

SSU Convocation

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +0100

California's budget problems dominated the dialog at the convocation to open the new semester at Sonoma State University.

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Profanity and the FCC

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Profanity on the airwaves is outlawed, and subject to steep fines, at least some of the time. But why do these forbidden words carry such an emotional charge?

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Tiny Lights Magazine

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Small, personal stories fill the pages of Petaluma's tiniest literary magazine.

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Susan Bono is the editor of Tiny Lights, “A Journal of Personal Narrative” which featurRead More...

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