Carnival of Email #7: 80 Degrees Is Just About Right Edition
80 is perfect. Much hotter and it's too hot to stay outside; much cooler and you start losing that "hot" feeling. We're looking at around 80 degrees all week long here in Spokane. As long as no one starts any fires, life is good.
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The University of Tennessee spent more than $2 million dollars on recruiting for their athletic program last year, says the Chronicle of Higher Education. The number one recruiter in the Pac-10 was the U of Oregon, at $1.077 million. Hooray sports?
The Washington Post digs deep and discovers that just because you say everyone is proficient that doesn't necessarily mean that they are. Educators nationwide roll their eyes contemptuously and mutter "I told you so!" under their breath.
Also from Washington, which one of these students was recently expelled from one of Fairfax, Virginia's top high schools?
In Georgia half of the high schools didn't make AYP. That's pretty good when you put it next to Hawaii, where nearly 90% of the high schools didn't perform to standard.
(When families from the base that I teach at leave for Hawaii, they're always desperate to get into a private school when they get to the Islands. The reputation of the public school system down there is for crap.)
The story of the four teens from a small town in Montana who died in a car crash on their way to a summer basketball camp is one of the saddest I've heard. Condolences to their friends and family. Those 4 kids composed 10% of the entire student body at their high school.
Legally, it's indefensible. Ethically, it's hard to make the case. Either way, if I had the opportunity to download the textbooks I need for free, I can't tell you that I wouldn't take it.
It seems like a pretty clear mandate, but let's put it out there one more time just to be sure: DON'T LOOK AT PORN ON YOUR SCHOOL COMPUTER.
Enjoy the summer!
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The University of Tennessee spent more than $2 million dollars on recruiting for their athletic program last year, says the Chronicle of Higher Education. The number one recruiter in the Pac-10 was the U of Oregon, at $1.077 million. Hooray sports?
The Washington Post digs deep and discovers that just because you say everyone is proficient that doesn't necessarily mean that they are. Educators nationwide roll their eyes contemptuously and mutter "I told you so!" under their breath.
Also from Washington, which one of these students was recently expelled from one of Fairfax, Virginia's top high schools?
- The drug dealer
- The thug bully
- The convicted felon
- The good kid with the 2.8 GPA
In Georgia half of the high schools didn't make AYP. That's pretty good when you put it next to Hawaii, where nearly 90% of the high schools didn't perform to standard.
(When families from the base that I teach at leave for Hawaii, they're always desperate to get into a private school when they get to the Islands. The reputation of the public school system down there is for crap.)
The story of the four teens from a small town in Montana who died in a car crash on their way to a summer basketball camp is one of the saddest I've heard. Condolences to their friends and family. Those 4 kids composed 10% of the entire student body at their high school.
Legally, it's indefensible. Ethically, it's hard to make the case. Either way, if I had the opportunity to download the textbooks I need for free, I can't tell you that I wouldn't take it.
It seems like a pretty clear mandate, but let's put it out there one more time just to be sure: DON'T LOOK AT PORN ON YOUR SCHOOL COMPUTER.
Enjoy the summer!
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posted by Ryan at 2:08 PM
2 Comments:
On textbooks:
Something has to be done to let the market breathe a bit on this though. Perhaps if colleges bought textbook posting rights directly from the authors with a continuing contract to update the content annually?
Oh Hawaii:
Interesting. The policy tide in Washington is moving toward Hawaii...which has one statewide school district controlled directly by smart people in the capitol. Local control may have its problems, but evidently so does a centralized school system.
JL
I was more than a little shocked to see the "one bargaining unit" idea get any play before the BETF. I asked Rep. Priest about it when he was over for the AWSP/WASA conference and it gave him a good chuckle--he said it's DOA and has 0% chance of moving on.
I should do a post on it, the way I did for appointing OSPI. It wouldn't be a bad conversation to have.
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