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"zero tolerance" in schools
How come people successfully get all up in arms about ridiculous punishments for students in schools (month-long suspensions for having aspirin in a backpack, that sort of thing), when due process is denied for a teacher as in this story from The New Yorker piece on "rubber rooms"?
Steve Ostrin, who was assigned to a Brooklyn Rubber Room fifty- ( Read more... ) -
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Ok, I've clearly picked the wrong article to try to build up a conversation about Teachers' Unions around.
(Ebert, I trusted you! Oops.)
Sorry, folks. I'll try to find a more balanced article to read and start over some other day. -
rebuttal?
I'm looking for an informed, even-handed rebuttal of this paragraph: There are countless dedicated public school teachers in our nation. Guggenheim made a doc in 1999 focusing on them. But educators and the teachers themselves acknowledge that schools have teachers who are not merely incompetent, but even refuse to teach. Protected by the tenure ( Read more... ) -
Finally!
We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. Leave a comment 7Recent cooking
Recording the recent upsurge of cooking.
Sunday, pork tenderloin and baked vegetables
Monday, chili and quiche (the quiche came out a bit watery, and I forgot to add cheese til the end)
Wednesday(?), beef stroganoff over pasta
Friday, spinach, ham and cheese frittata, and steamed string beansSeen on Twitter
"if there is no public option and no medicare buy in, what exactly is being reformed?"
This is the direct result of somebody's attempt to "frame the message" surrounding healthcare reform. I don't think Obama's doing it, or the Democratic Party. Whose bright idea is this ( Read more... )Portland
I'm in Portland, Oregon today and tomorrow, then I'll be in Seattle the rest of the week. Dinner mob tonight, and Wednesday. Let me know if you're in the area.
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Kerry's Town Hall on Health Care Reform
Anyone hear how it went?
question for folks who believe
I'm hearing a little more about how the Public Option health care thingie will provide ratings for doctors, which somehow affect the money they get for the work they do. Only a little, though, and I don't really want to take the time to read a bill for myself. So, here's my question ( Read more... )Jehlen for Senate?
Thoughts? How does the political machine work around here, anyway?