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This is a kind of week-end cleanup of bits and bobs of stories on hand. Think of it as Downeast’s really big pile o’ stuff. Clock ticking for union-inspired panel on assessing teachers The recently-passed law allowing student performance to be linked to teacher evaluation — so Maine could/might be able to get Race to [...] Wherein we dump a number of interesting but disparate items in your lap. Just in case you didn’t already think that things are seemngly spinning out of control! First, from across the pond, the nanny state in overdrive: Parents banned from watching their children in playgrounds… in case they are paedophiles. Read, scream, weep, rage… [...] Justice Souter’s ‘Safe Place’, Washington Post, May 25, 2009 The retiring justice embarks on a civics education project. The justice went on to lament how many Americans today do not grow up understanding even the most basic truths about U.S. democracy — that there are three branches of government, for example. This ignorance, he said, [...] Blogging will be light until maple madness is over. Readers have asked who “we” is in my posts. “We” is always me and me alone; I speak for no one else, not even my dog. It’s the “editorial we“: I use it because it’s less obnoxious (to my ear) than the constant repetition of “I”. [...] Diane Ravitch, Are Hollywood And The Internet Killing Reading?, Forbes, 2/17/09 Nearly five years ago, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) issued an alarming report called “Reading at Risk,” which declared that literary reading was in dramatic decline. The NEA reported a sharp drop from 1982 to 2002 in the proportion of people who [...] A 21st-century caution , Boston Globe, 2/24/09 The Globe comes out strongly for penalty and repentance against fuzziness! Rewards for Students Under a Microscope, Lisa Guernsey, New York Times, 3/2/09 The discussion about whether kids can be bought, for how long, and how much it’s going to cost. To Hell with Niceness, Kenneth Monogue, Standpoint [...] |
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