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NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER IN MARTHA'S VINEYARD. DIANE IS A PERSON OF TENACIOUS CURIOSITY. HER FIRST BOOK, THE GREAT SCHOOL WARS, GREW OUT OF A FAIRLY...
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| 00:03:01 |
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BOOK. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE AS AN HISTORIAN TO ACTUALLY WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND BE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT BECAUSE...
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| 00:40:44 |
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TEXTS TO PAY FOR ALL THIS STUFF, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE CONSUMER WILL BE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT'S BUYING THE BOOKS. >> THE SHORT ANSWER, I HAVE...
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| 00:40:57 |
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DEPARTMENT HAS THIS KIND OF A BIAS AND SENSITIVITY REVIEW. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES. ALL THE TEST PUBLISHERS DO, AND FREQUENTLY MATERIALS ARE SUBJECT...
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| 00:41:13 |
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COST. I'M SURE, THOUGH, THAT IT'S NOT INSUBSTANTIAL. >> IS THERE ANYBODY -- IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROBLEMS YOU'RE DESCRIBING, SOUND LIKE A SORT OF STRAITJACKET...
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| 00:41:51 |
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MULTIPLE PUBLISHING HOUSES. THEY CONTROL ABOUT, SOMEWHERE TO 70, 75% OF THE MARKET. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE IN THAT NICHE OF 25 TO 30%. I HAVE TIME...
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| 00:42:03 |
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COUNT -- ENCOUNTERED SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS WHERE THE TEACHERS ARE NOT USING TEXTBOOKS OR IF THEY USE THEM, THEY'RE JUST A REFERENCE WORK. THERE ARE...
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| 00:43:49 |
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ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY HAS TO MEAN INCREASED CENSORSHIP. WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT THIS WHOLE ENTERPRISE HAS...
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| 00:44:10 |
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RESULT OF INCREASED PRESSURE FOR TESTING. IT'S A RESULT OF ALL THOSE OTHER PRESSURES, THE CENSORSHIP GROUPS FINDING HOW EASY IT WAS TO INTIMIDATE...
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| 00:45:31 |
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THISIZATION, BOTH IN THE SELECTION OF THE BOOK AS WELL AS HIS UPDATE, AND FOR US, I THINK THAT IS THE ANSWER. PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL INFORMED AND WELL...
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| 00:46:11 |
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PUBLISHING, LIKE THIS IS -- MY BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY KNOPF. IF I CAN CREATE HUGE CONTROVERSIES, I'LL SELL MORE BOOKS. IN THE TEXTBOOK BUSINESS, IF ...
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| 00:46:56 |
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SILLY, THAT I WONDER WHAT HAS
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| 00:46:59 |
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BEEN THE REACTION TO YOUR PUBLICATION. NOW THE BOOK IS NEW, BUT YOU HAVE SURELY PUBLISHED SHORTER PIECES ELSEWHERE AND SO ON. HOW ARE PEOPLE RESPONDING...
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| 00:47:35 |
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AS I SAID, SAID WE WON'T DO IT ANYMORE, BUT THEY'RE STILL DOING IT. THEY'RE DOING IT A LITTLE BIT NOW, AND I THINK BASICALLY WHAT...
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| 00:50:02 |
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PROPERTY. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. HOW DO THEY GET OVER THAT? CAN THAT BE USED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING? >> WELL, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION,...
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| 00:50:29 |
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LAST NAME. ILL MISPRONOUNCE IT. IT WAS A STORY CALLED "BARRIO BOY" AND HE REFERRED TO A WOMAN AS A GRINNING OWE AND THEY SAID THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE,...
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| 00:51:32 |
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MATERIAL AND HOW WOULD YOU HAVE IT IMPLEMENTED SO THAT IT DOESN'T MUSHROOM INTO THE MONSTROSITY THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED HERE? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION,...
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| 00:51:59 |
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EFFECTS OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IS VERY SLENDER AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR ANY RESEARCH THAT WILL PROVE TO ME THAT IF A STUDENT SEES...
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| 00:54:06 |
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TEACHERS. AND YOU KNOW, SO IF WE'RE SITTING HERE IN THIS SEAT AND WE'RE LISTENING TO YOU GO SO FAR AS TO ACTUALLY BUY THE BOOK, THEN DO WE REALLY WANT...
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| 00:55:42 |
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THE LITERATURE TEXTBOOKSES THAT I JUST FELT WAS AWFUL IS THEY DON'T MAKE ANY EFFORT TO SAY THIS IS
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| 00:55:49 |
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WHAT GOOD WRITING LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE
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| 00:55:51 |
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THEY INCLUDE SO MUCH BAD WRITING, SO THEY DON'T REALLY
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ENCOURAGE A SENSE OF STANDARDS
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| 00:55:56 |
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ABOUT THIS IS A WOIFLT WAY TO USE THE LANGUAGE -- WONDERFUL WAY TO USE THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE. THERE WAS ONE LITERATURE TEXTBOOK THAT HAD PART OF...
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| 00:58:07 |
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PILLAGED. NOW WE DESCRIBE THE VIKINGS AS AGENTS OF THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE,
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| 00:58:13 |
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AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I GOT AN E-MAIL FROM SOMEONE WHO HEARD THIS AND HE SAID, "I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, I'M A DESCENDANT...
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