Archive for June 14th, 2009
Bernie Sanders on Healthcare
I’m having trouble embedding video… to my surprise. Here’s the link. [argh!]
Posted: June 14th, 2009 under Politics.
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How To Turn Your Kids Into Trekkies!
My favorite….
10: Talk like William Shatner: “Hey… kids. Time… to… take out the trash.” They’ll soon wonder who holds the patent on this eloquent way of speaking.
More at Wired.
Posted: June 14th, 2009 under Geek Stuff.
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Teach for America & the Corporate Model
News this week out of North Carolina provides a window into how the corporate take-over of public education continues apace: EdWeek
Faced with a yawning budget gap, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board last week approved plans to let go of hundreds of teachers, basing that decision on the teachers’ low performance on evaluations, rather than on their [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2009 under Education Policy, Politics, Schools.
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