Sunday, March 9, 2003

Hey Oregon teachers, NYC is hiring. Life in NYC schools is looking better and better the more I read about what's happening in Oregon. The latest from the chairman of the Oregon Senate Education Committee: "I tell any parent who will listen to run -- not walk -- to remove their children from public schools," Sen. Charles Starr, R-Hillsboro, wrote in response to a constituent who had complained about his experience being home-schooled. [Link and discussion via MetaFilter.] We haven't heard that kind of degrading rhetoric here since Giuliani left office. 1:56:40 PM

Blogging projects to watch. Terry's "Taking the Plunge" project is up and running at the eBN shipyard with the first posts today. Will R. and Anne's new journalism collaboration Georgia - NJ Connection is also underway. 1:56:39 PM

An insane society.... Bob Herbert in today's NY Times: It's an insane society that can contemplate devastating and then rebuilding Iraq, but can't bring itself to provide schooling for all of its young people here at home. Echoes of a more eloquent and broader treatment of these same ideas at The War We Have Chosen to Lose a speech by Arthur Levine. 1:56:38 PM

Portland teachers to give 10 free days. Hmmm... Things are looking bleak out in the great Northwest. This from the Portland Oregonian: Portland teachers overwhelmingly ratified a contract Monday that will require them to work 10 days for free in order to restore the full school year, an unprecedented concession by teachers in Oregon. Hey Tim, what's going on out there? 1:56:37 PM