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Infographic of the Day: Does Adding Teachers Improve Education?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100

This graph proves the complexity of educational reform.READ»

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Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

BY Chris Dannen
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While kids in Harlem free their minds, kids in Britain are getting prosecuted for politically incorrect jokes. If that makes you lose all hope for the world, well, there's always the prospect of a long, isolated trip to the moon. On second thought, just go surfing, dream of 3G MacBooks, and kick back to some of the Internet's finest viral cat videos.READ»

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East Harlem School: Contemporary Design, at a Bargain Price

BY Cliff Kuang
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Peter L. Gluck and Partners have just completed a new school in New York--and gave back $500,000 to the board after finishing.READ»

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Exploring the Wide World of Work

BY Fast Company Staff
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I'm an intern here at Fast Company this summer, doing anything I can to help out around the office while learning the ropes of magazine journalism. This is my first REAL office job -- other summers in high school and college I ...READ»

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Why Overhead Isn’t Evil in the Non-Profit World

BY Nancy Lublin
Relevancy Score: 71

Overhead is seen as the devil of the not-for-profit world. Here's why that conventional wisdom is wrong.READ»

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Al Thompson Uses Web Video to Fill the Void in the Internet’s Heart

BY Stephanie Schomer
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The creator of the Atom.com comedy Johnny B. Homeless will premiere his new drama Lenox Avenue this fall, which has already received critical praise, and features an impressive cast, including Michael K. Williams of The Wire. ...READ»

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The Monroe Doctrine

BY Keith H. Hammonds
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When Lorraine Monroe became principal of Harlem's Frederick Douglass School, it was well known for violence, poor attendance, and a low level of academic achievement. Five years later, student test scores ranked it among New York City's best high schools.READ»

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A High-Tech Body Shop

BY Fiona Haley
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Problem: How to dispose of corporate PCs. Solution: Recondition them for sale to low-income families.READ»

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Konior Jason

BY jasonkoniorinc1 jasonkoniorinc1
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Fund Konior Jason One night I took my girlfriend to the famed Savoy Ballroom in Harlem to dance. I remember Erskine Hawkin's band was there, Erskine was famous for his record, "Tuxedo Junction." As we entered the Savoy, ...READ»

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Technology: Personal Expenses

BY Bill Cammack
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When I was hanging out with Rox (Darling, from beachwalks.tv and barefeetstudios.com) @ BlogHerBiz '07 back in March, something striking [at least to me] occurred. We did the conference thing and hung out for a few hours, and when ...READ»

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Stinking It Up: Lessons From a PR Failure

BY Nancy Lublin
Relevancy Score: 48

We had a big party, but got no buzz. Lessons from a PR failure.READ»

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Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
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The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Do Online Education and Training Click?

BY Fast Company
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Rex Adams Rex Adams is the dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Wrote about: Do Online Education and Training Click? Is reading: On a daily basis ... the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New ...READ»

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The Divide by Paul Tough

BY Corey Blay
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The Divide The debate I wrote aboutyesterday, between the teachers-union wing of the Democratic Party and the pro-charter-school education-reform wing, is in some ways a symptom of a even deeper divide between two competing ...READ»

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The Creative Odyssey

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
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How idea companies get their ideas.READ»

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How to Wow

BY Cheryl Dahle
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Meet three project experts who can teach you the Art of Wow!READ»

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The Harlem Shuffle

BY Tim Manners
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My daily online missive may be called "Cool News" but sometimes the stories I write about are anything but cool. In fact, every once in a while the news is the opposite of cool. That was certainly true of a news item I ...READ»

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CSR Corporate Leadership Meeting 2010: What They Said

BY Alice Korngold
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"What struck me most today was Geoffrey Canada's and others' emphasis on the importance of data," observed Matthew Bishop, U.S. Business Editor of The Economist, and author, Philanthrocapitalism, in reference to today's tenth annual ...READ»

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'I'm a Saboteur.'

BY Daniel H. Pink
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Brainpower is more important than ever, but education seems more backward than ever. John Taylor Gatto, an award-winning teacher, now aims to overthrow the public-school establishment for which he worked for 30 years.READ»

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University Sprawl

BY Fast Company Staff
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My college, Columbia University, is planning a takeover in West Harlem. Within 25 years, University officials say, Columbia will expand with a new, $7 billion, 17-acre, Renzo Piano-designed satellite campus in "Manhattanville." ...READ»

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Bottled Up

BY Jamie Bryan
Relevancy Score: 30

Just When Cristal got kicked out of the party, Hip-hop fixture Branson B. was rolling out his own champagne. So where are his famous friends now? Hey, it's just business.READ»

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CSR: Right on Target

BY Alice Korngold
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Today's The New York Times article, "Target's First Store in Manhattan Took a Decade of Wooing" describes how Target laid the groundwork to open a major new retail outlet in Harlem. According to the article, Target invested a decade ...READ»

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Fifteen Independent Spirits Using Web Video to Forge Their Way in Hollywood

BY Stephanie Schomer
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Felicia Day blazed the trail. Here are 15 more creators using Web video to forge their way in Hollywood.READ»

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Advancing Ethical Business Leadership

BY Alice Korngold
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“Companies are both the cause and the solution of the biggest problems we face, including the financial crisis and climate change. These are man-made commercial crises,” according to Devin Stewart, in a private interview this ...READ»

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Leader on the Edge

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
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World-renowned explorer Robert Swan is the first person ever to walk to both the North and South Poles. Now he's teaching businesspeople about leadership under life-and-death conditions.READ»

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