Articles by Marina Koestler Ruben

WASHINGTON CITY PAPER

“Middle Kingdom Meets Elementary School”: Cover story about Washington Yu Ying, D.C.’s first public charter school for Chinese language immersion – read article

“Hire Education: Money Is No Object When You’re Tutoring Potomac’s Prodigies”: Cover story about tutoring in Potomac, Maryland – read article

SMITHSONIAN.COM

“The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly on the…Sierra Nevadas?”: An article about trekking on the GR7 trail to the highest village in mainland Spain. (And what happens when the trail has been washed away.) – read article

“Radio Activity: The 100th Anniversary of Public Broadcasting” – read article

“Alice Ramsey’s Historic Cross-Country Drive” – read article

“Let Me Be Franc: A Look Back for Quebec City’s 400th” – read article

“Goodbye, My Coney Island?” read article

KENNEDY CENTER

“Shakespeare in Love: A look at how Shakespeare takes and breaks hearts” – read article

“Romeo and Juliet: Star-cross’d and starry-eyed” – read article

“The Skeleton of a Scary Story: How to write and tell scary stories” – read article

“Advice for First-time Theater Goers: Tips for making the most of a family visit to the theater” – read article

“A Field Guide to Clubs: Everything you need to know before you go to an arts event in a club setting” read article

“A Field Guide to Concert Halls: Everything you need to know before you go to an arts event in a concert hall” – read artile

“A Field Guide to Festivals: Everything you need to know before you go to an arts event in a festival-style setting” – read article

“A Field Guide to Galleries: Everything you need to know before you go to an arts event in a gallery” – read article

MCSWEENEY’S

Two food reviews (of sorts). Search for “Anytime Gourmet” and “Chia Goodness” at www.mcsweeneys.net/links/newfood/

EDUCATION WEEK

“The Dangers of Growing Up Green”: An opinion piece about the Growing Up Green Charter School, which opened in New York City in the fall of 2009 – read article

JOHNS HOPKINS ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE

“A Broadway Debut” – red article

CNN.COM

“iReporters search for the ‘heartland’ on road trip” – read article

NPR’S TALK OF THE NATION

On May 29th’s Talk of the Nation on NPR, Neal Conan hosted a show about people who write workplace tell-alls, and he interviewed me about my article “Hire Education.” – listen to audio clip [MP3]