Today’s news is from the NYT and WSJ.
The Folger Shakespeare Library editions are now available in e-book format. Now you can read Lady Macbeth and Ophelia (my two favorite characters) on your electronic readers.
http://goo.gl/OPu8T
Seth Godin has three new reader tested and approved books to be published by Portfolio, his former publisher before he left to start The Domino Project with Amazon in 2010.
http://goo.gl/RYIy2
Deborah Kenny, founder of Harlem Village Academies, argues the case for charter schools. Teacher accountability (do their teaching methods work) and freedom (they can teach in the manner that best suits their personality) are the keys to success.
http://goo.gl/r6u3f
Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani was taken hostage in the Philippines. He was said to have been interviewing hostages and members of the Abu Sayyaf militant group.
http://goo.gl/m7BYQ