StickWithANose

Stick is on the road….

Many Charters Are Now Unionizing: NYTimes
EdWeek States the Obvious:‘Race to Top’ Guidelines Stress Use of Test Data
Marketing Research Is Becoming Increasingly Sophisticated: NYTimes
The Kurdistan Issue May Pull Us Back Into Iraq: Juan Cole
Become A Libertarian! Wired
Taco Bell Goes Green: America’s Finest News Network
The Pickering Diaries: Harpers

It is Make It or Break It Week: Lykins
Ignore him at your own risk . . . Barry Ritholtz
The Ugliness of For-Profits: Education Optimists
Why is it that we should care what Bill Gates has to say about education? Schools Matter
Losing the Moral High Ground: Juan Cole
Updating Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics: Wired
Big Estimate on Bailout [...]

The dirty little secret behind all of the political machinations over the un-funded liabilities of Social Security is that there is an easy fix to the whole mess: raise the cap on payroll taxes. With the wealthiest Americans now taking home a third of all income, the amount of income that exceeds the SS wage [...]

On the Mythology of Adam Smith’s Political Economy: prosebeforehos
Hey EdWeek, the Overall Trend is Flat: NAEP
The Dismal Science will never leave Crazy Land: Economist’s View
Save Dragon Tank Jobs: Lawyers, Guns & Money
More evidence of High Teacher Turnover in Charters: Schools Matter
Using the Madness of Ayn Rand to talk about the Decline of Popular Discourse: Gin [...]

As many a good Tennessean has said before me: Gone To Texas!
The Stick Institute will return on the 29th! Happy Summer Solstice!

The next time Stick loudly proclaims: “To the wine bar!” followed by a regal hand clap… Cut him off! [Physical restraint acceptable]
Head hurts too much to even consider making a real post…. See you tomorrow.