Trying to compose this from my Treo for a change, not sure how this will work. (UPDATE: It didn't work too well).
1. The People's Republic of Montgomery County, MD has approved a new sex ed cirriculum. I am not sure what "sexual variations" will mean in the classroom, but you can be sure of one thing, there will be more controversy.
2. Barack Obama is forming a presidential exploratory committee. I still don't know where Obama stands on many issues, but I will say this, he certainly has a very talented media relations staff.
3. Joanne Jacobs points us to a stroy our of Compton, CA where a school achieved a stunning turnaround in test scores in just 7 years, from the bottom 10 percent to the top 30 percent. The principal's strategy included suspending troublemakers with in school suspension and one on one tutoring. The Ed Wonks have a slightly different take. Brett Pawlowski notes that the principal used some very common business principles in her management, debunking the theory that business principles don't apply in schools.
4. What if the surge works? Most people seem to think that President Bush is wrong on the troop surge, but if it works, President Bush will be viewed as a genius and will have a right to a great, big, fat "Told you so." Not that he would take it, but he would be entitled to one.
5. Here is La Shawn Barber's take on Christianity and illegal immigration. Not what you think unless you are a regular reader.
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