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COLUMN: Styrofoam cities and avatars: how the Gehry siblings would redesign education

LOS ANGELES – A group of fifth graders assemble around an enormous cardboard-covered table, designing a city from recycled materials. There’s tremendous excitement in this Venice, California, classroom as they discuss ideas for creating an imaginary metropolis from scratch. “We need transportation!” one student shouts. “A train going all through the city,” another offers. Later, […]