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The recent attention brought to the plight of poor students attending poor inner-city schools seems largely to have focused on poor quality teachers, unions, and lack of accountability. The notion that there are many poor teachers being protected by unions … Continue reading →

The new movie, The Social Network, tells the story of Mark Zuckerberg and the origins of Facebook. There was a good deal of heap in the run up to the debut of the movie with a good deal of debate … Continue reading →

<p>Apple fans. Jobs will make a one-hour appearance on <a href=”http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/12/bloomberg_to_profile_steve_jobs_in_one_hour_tv_special_this_thursday.html”>Bloomberg</a> (Thursday Oct. 14 – 9 ET).  Might be worth setting the Tivo or perhaps <a href=”http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/”>Bloomberg Live</a>.</p>

I really like this activity. You identify your state and then take a position and rate the importance of 10 issues. They tool then compares your data with those of the various candidates. Actually consider the issues – what a … Continue reading →

I am annoyed with those who assume they deserve free content and free services. I am starting a campaign with the moto – “Don’t be cheap” somewhat inspired by the Google motto (ad revenue evidently works for the don’t be … Continue reading →

AAAS article on public school bashing. It appears public and political attacks on public schools are the in thing. We all have had a teacher or two who was not particularly good, but I would suggest we have also encountered … Continue reading →