Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Doing well in school and at work - Creative Communities - Richard Florida What cities are the ones that are attracting the creative? Why are creative people leaving cities like Pittsburgh that have symphonies, galleries, universities restaurants, museum etc? Richard Florida tells us what type of community and social environment spurs on learning and creativity 4:44:27 PM    comment []

Doing well in school - A Series - Social Capital and Education - Robert Putnam What are the factors that help our children do well in school? We fuss alot about the school, the teacher and the curriculum. Here is the first of three articles that will take a different tack. They draw on new research that show clearly a link between the environment and the attainment. The first article is by the King of Social Capital - Robert Putnam He makes the case for a gradient showing that parts of the US with high Social Capital - which tracks TV watching - have better educational results. The gradients are steep. Great graphs in the text as well - see how your state does! 4:37:01 PM    comment []