Video: One-World Schoolhouse
Fascinating discussion of education on the Internet:
Compare and contrast with this recent audio podcast: EconTalk’s “Kling on Education and the Internet.”
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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.— Oscar Wilde - Today in Freedom
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the 8th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Other May 23 events include:
* 1813: South American independence leader Simón Bolívar entered Mérida, where he was proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”), leading the invasion of Venezuela.
* 1900: Sergeant William Harvey Carney became the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in a Civil War battle fought 37 years prior, in 1863.
* 1910: American clarinetist and jazz bandleader Artie Shaw was born in New York City.
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