Florence 1 grows more agreeable to Apple

It once was verboten to have an open-book test in public school classrooms; we closed our books and opened our minds at test-time.

And, once, students could only use pencils, so as to keep their essays neat and free of ink spots and strike-throughs.

Likewise, there was a time when one couldn't use a calculator during testing, especially for standardized tests like the SAT. One had to know his

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How corporate greed, neglect of public education doom America

Sunday's New York Times observes symptoms of distress and diagnoses an illness in America.

Problem is, corporate interests own the cure and choose not to administer it to us.

The text is extensive, but here are a few of the highlights. Read and weep.
When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for

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