Major milestone today: Son Kevin (almost 20) drove off with two friends to move out of the house, moving to Pensacola, Florida! Wow, I’m going to miss him, but it’s a good move for him: growing up, learning to take care of himself without Mom & Dad… Buena suerte, mi hijo! March 12 Update: Oh [...]
Diane Ravitch, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System (and many other titles) and one of my heroes, was speaking in SF and I just had to go hear her. Well worth the drive-she was so right on! I’ll add more soon, but wanted to start by posting this “fanboy” [...]
Oh my, such a loaded question… so many ways to answer it… Well, allow me to share a few other people’s glorious takes on Burning Man (WARNING: There are some naked breasts in the video and photos that follow…): I think this is just brilliant! Based on Dr. Seuss’ Oh, the Places You’ll Go! this [...]
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I encourage you to read this excellent Op Ed piece, “Class Matters. Why Won’t We Admit It?” from the New York Times (11 December 2011): www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/opinion/the-unaddressed-link-between-poverty-and-education.html. Witten by Helen Ladd, Duke University professor of public policy and economics, and Edward Fiske, former education editor at the NY Times,the Op Ed piece summarizes a longer report [...]
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