Daughters' school posted today:

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2. Yay! Fascinating, especially for second graders. I have high school students preparing...

...to do exactly the same thing!

We are helping to promote the use of rail in anticipation of launching High Speed rail in California, and I just had three students present before the citizen advisory committee the results of their initial interviews with riders.

We went in the wee hours of the morning to two stations and they were only able to interview six people.

The advisory board suggested that the interview teams ride along, thus having a lot more time than doing it on the train platform, so we'll try that.

A different group of students are writing an activity guide for teachers to use when they take students on trips to Great America in San Jose. Currently, teachers don't have anything for kids to do, but it's a great opportunity for them to look out the window and learn things about the different cities and landmarks and history as they take the 90 minute ride.

I'd love to hear the results of your students' interviews!

--Barry