Four Articles

School systems don't just affect the students attending classes, they affect their entire communities. I think about this as New Orleans - and so many other communities in the South - attempt to reconcile our historical legacies and suburban exodus with rebuilding our cities.

Regarding that motion, I'm reading four articles right now that tie into this.

New Orleans Needs a Population Explosion

A Conversation with Edward L. Glaeser.

Athens Rising February 11

And finally, though it isn't an article per se, I'm still thinking about the panel discussion from Tuesday night, the comments here and the observations of other who were there or those following online.

All of this information has to do with the way cities interact with their populations, which inspire or stifle innovations, affecting education, which in turn affects their populations, which inspire innovations...

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