Today was all about birthday celebrating. In that spirit, a few goodies for my readers!

• If your thoughts were stimulated in Sunday’s posting on education, you may enjoy this post by Lucy Gray on designing new schools

The deep decay of our school systems is best represented not by falling plaster and leaking roofs, but by something much more fundamental—the philosophy behind the design of more than 99 percent of our school buildings. If we simply repair broken structures, we will ignore the real problems with American education while giving renewed life to a model of teaching and learning that has been obsolete since the end of the industrial era.. source

• A real way to get rid of student loans

• The Indiana Fever are offering discounted tickets to Indiana youth workers for Game 4 of the WBNA championship series on Wednesday, October 7.  Discounted seats start at $5: Use promo code GOFEVER: http://www.iyi.org/gofever

“Now, when I hear from readers of my novels, they tell me how validating it is to read about characters who, like them, are ethnically diverse.” (Alex Sanchez)

• Online sources for Latino/a Hertitage Month from Gale: biographies , culture quiz, history timeline  and more!

“In this regard, literature not only humanizes, but brings people closer together to show the commonalities we have, as humans trying to understand ourselves and our place in the world.”  (Tony Medina)

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