The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth - Alexandra Robbins [208]
students in the environmental technology shop: Interviews.
the comparative lack: See, for example, “Science project; Scientists can’t simply be hired, they must be created, and leaders from President Obama to state CEOs say investing in science and math programs early is key,” Star Tribune, May 11, 2009; see also, “Obama’s Test; Can America Boost Learning in Math and Science?” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 22, 2008; See also Alexander, Steve. “Nobel winner: America is neglecting science,” Star Tribune, October 20, 2008; see also Holt, Rep. Rush (D-NJ). “Oust mediocrity as the standard for achievement,” The Hill, March 1, 2010.
Trends in International Mathematics: See, for example, Glod, Maria. “Scores on Science Test Causing Concern in U.S.,” The Washington Post, December 10, 2008.
“I have seen adults treating”: Interview.
“the most plastic and adaptable”: See Berns.
CHAPTER 11
an excellent student: See, for example, Sanchez, Maria. “Missouri Girl Suspended for Cancer Tribute,” WCSH6 TV, 2008. Note: Amelia Robbins is not related to the author.
special relationship with her dad: See, for example, Morehouse, Paula. “Mountain Grove School District relents on girl’s pink hair,” KY3 News, August 26, 2008.
brain cancer: See, for example, Robbins, Amelia. “ ‘Distraction’ only meant as tribute to father,” Springfield News-Leader, September 3, 2008.
“the cancer color”: See, for example, Saavedra, Marie. “School suspends student over colored hair,” KY3 News, August 20, 2008.
“You’re suspended until”: Ibid.
ACLU got involved: See, for example, Morehouse.
“We want it to be equal”: See “School suspends student over colored hair,” KY3 News, August 21, 2008.
fewer than 25 percent of US residents: See Bishop, Bill.
deters minorities from voting: Ibid.
also withdraw from volunteering: Ibid.
“What had happened over three decades”: Ibid.
Diana Mutz’s findings: See Mutz, Diana C. Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Cited in Bishop, Bill.
“Elementary school taught us”: See Katz.
imbued with deep spiritual meaning”: See, for example, “Graduation feathers should be held high,” Indian Country Today, July 27, 2005.
with eagle feathers sewn: Ibid.
An Idaho school: See, for example, Rave, Jodi. “Eagle feathers bring honor to graduation ceremonies,” The Bismarck Tribune, May 28, 2006.
withheld a Cherokee student’s: See Indian Country Today.
dress more “manly”: See, for example, Stevens, Alexis. “Cobb teen told he can’t dress like a female at school,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 6, 2009.
“(running at a set speed)”: See, for example, Evans, Brent R. “Everyone Wins! Connecting Learners with Success Opportunities,” April 2006. Cited in Trowbridge, Steve. “Educational rituals: questioning how we educate our children,” Phi Delta Kappan, January 1, 2007.
Godin told Psychology Today: See Marano, Hara Estroff. “Maverick Messenger,” Psychology Today, July/August 2010.
Schools impose a hierarchy: See, for example, Shepherd, Jessica. “Fertile minds need feeding: Are schools stifling creativity?”, The Guardian, February 10, 2009. See also Jeffrey A. Lackney. “Changing Patterns in Educational Facilities,” Summary of REFP workshop presented at the annual meeting of CEFPI, Vancouver, 1998.
two schools in Ireland: See, for example, Ruane, M. “Let’s cut to the chase: how much conformity should we demand of our schoolkids?”, Irish Independent, Feb. 21, 2009.
“values conformity and control”: See Contenta, Sandro and Rankin, Jim. “Are schools too quick to suspend?”, Toronto Star, June 8, 2009.
“capacity for divergent thinking”: See Munro, Neil. “Start with yourself, mister,” The Times Educational Supplement, March 10, 2006. (The report’s author also quoted an education seminar participant who said that “trying to introduce change in a university is like trying to move a cemetery: You can expect no help from the people inside.”)
schools were extinguishing: See, for example, Shepherd.
“All children start”: Ibid.