Every neighborhood should have one of these.
From the Guardian:
As stress-relieving methods go, it certainly beats pummelling a globule of silly putty. Last week, residents of Brooklyn, New York, were invited to punch an 8ft-tall panda bear in the stomach to expunge their latent frustrations. Inside the wide-eyed panda suit was 33-year-old performance artist Nate Hill.

November 20, 2010 will be the 10th Annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair,  co-sponsored by Rethinking Schools. This year’s theme is ”Another Education is Possible, Another World is Necessary!”

From the website:
In “science fair” format, and completely grassroots volunteer-organized, the Curriculum Fair will provide over 600 educators, activists, parents, youth & community members with a space to share [...]

Paul Klein figured it out for you this weekend.

Proximity 008, The Education as Art issue, is at the printer. This massive 232 page edition is edited by Jim Duignan and Albert Stabler. It will be released soon. Thanks for waiting… The discourses around fine art and education are both “problem children” of the Enlightenment.  Both were ideally envisioned as unbounded arenas of [...]