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In a not-very-breaking story (far less shocking than the Al-Tipper split!), AP tells us that Maine applies for Race to Top school funds. They link to the MDOE’s Race to the Top website. There you’ll find the application ( 211 pages) and its appendix (386 pages). Of particular interest are application pages 34 to 37 (numbered 33- [...] Maybe you saw this one already. Why does everything Chicago-related so quickly seem to spin out of control? 25 Chicago Students Arrested for a Middle-School Food Fight. We know that at least one apple and an orange were thrown. What else? The quality of American journalism is declining, clearly, if the article doesn’t answer [...] It’s becoming common. The newspaper prints an opinion piece, sometimes labeled “policy analysis”, on the front page. Often enough it’s about an “issue” we’re to be concerned about. Often enough too the issue is really an issue to only a very small group, say editorial-page editors breaking out from their usual haunts. The Bangor Daily News [...] I’ll be tuning in this week to find out the latest from the non-grassroots pro-consolidation folks at coststoomuch.com (A special hat tip to Brian at MDIschools.net for being all over this!) I hope you’ll try to find out as much as you can too. In the spirit of democracy, and especially because we want to do what’s [...] Star Trek Dog
It’s a pretty basic idea, very American, don’t you think, to reward merit with extra pay? Who could possibly be opposed? The NEA, for one. (You knew that, of course, but Mike Antonucci pegs it in “NEA on Merit Pay, Without the Sugar Coating“.) But here’s another reason to be [...] School votes disputed (KJ, 1/30) Voters across much of the state visited the polls Tuesday and approved seven school-district consolidation proposals, shooting down 11 others. That’s the tally according to the Maine Department of Education. By the Maine School Management Association’s count, however, voters agreed to four school-district consolidation plans on Tuesday, while 14 plans failed. “Our intention is [...] A tip of the Downeast hat to those good folks at MDISchools.net, who are tipping us off to a big announcement today by the Governor, the Commissioner, and others. Here’s part of the media advisory, as reproduced at MDISchools: WHO Governor John E. Baldacci “…I’ll bet she’s turning it all back in!…” |
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