An older gentleman wants to attend first grade in Kenya....coming soon to a theatre near you!

From This Morning...a quick run throughof her thoughts. Glad that she is not afraid to say that she can change her mind:)

I think that the Courts acted appropriately here in NOT letting the student run for office after her offensive remarks. Nice balance, though, letting her wear the T-shirt.

This looks like a good one for a holiday evening...hope that everyone is injoyig the beautiful day!

Here is VEA's take on the possibility that educators will be making VRS contributions.

This is an easy to read breakdown of the types of special interest groups in Virginia...was helpful to me!

Yet another educational documentary...

This is organized by National Board Certified Teachers among others; Diane Ravitch speaks on 7/29, ...check out the "Guiding Principles" section.

My first take on this is that the overhaul might be "NCLB Lite." There is talk here of relaxing some constraints on subgroups (in particular exceptional ed). The so-called "turn around models" which include school closings survive so far.

Reading Was Fundamental.....The 8% that comprises the federal part looks like a lot of money right now...

I am submitting this because of the "power" at play between Connecticut and the U. S. Supreme Court. Connecticut argues here that states should not have to put out so much cash to meet requirements of NCLB. If I am reading this correctly, the U.S. Supreme Court might have heard the case if the U.S. D.O.E. had actually found Connecticut in violation of NCLB's standards....otherwise, not so interested.

As a follow up to Steph et al's blog about school board communication with parents....here is a webinar next wee (3/2 at 2 pm) .

I found this easy read to provide good background on the history of school boards. It features two of Virginia's school boards (Hopewell and Fairfax).

Wonder if VCU is hosting this new documentary?

Yes...I get it...I am an IB teacher myself. But, I have learned that no everyone wants to be an overachiever in that academic sort of way...and we should all be okay with that...thanks for your comment!