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Book review: Spin Cycle
Charter school research gets examined.

This Is Your Brain On Math
The New Yorker does the math wars.

 Friday Frenzy: On Poverty, the NEA, and Mrs. Obama
Michele has it all.

Rubber Room Movie Team on Chicago Public Radio
This American Life does NYC's "rubber rooms" -- tonight!

Money Talks, But What Does it Say?
Most nonprofits, including “transparent” Education Sector, provide little further insight into sources and uses of funds.

LEARN OR WE'LL HURT YOU
Teacher leaders gone wild.

Who's No Longer Who Among American Teachers
Who's who is no longer.

NCLB: Act II: NCLB's Prospects Dim for '08, McKeon Says
House tells Senate what it can and can't do, says The Hoff

My Couch Is Open Sherman Dorn
Party at Joe's house!

Comments

[John Holland]

Thanks for linking to Nancy Flanagan's post on dark humor and student motivation. As a member of TLN I know the conversation she is talking about. I think she alights on her way to discussing student motivation, on a subject that most people don't want to talk about. Teachers are people not saints. We have stress, dark moments, and make wisecracks just like lawyers, and journalists for that matter. From inside the profession the joke is multi-layered and pretty funny. For those who have just stepped inside or on the outside it is probably scary as heck.

[john thompson]

I can't be objective about Michelle Obama, any more than I could be dispassionate over her two little girls, but I don't think its because she "cute." I get all the jokes and the e-mails forwarded to me because I'm such an Obama fan.

But the Obama's have the ability to do something that nobody else can do. They can initiate an honest discussion about family, race, poverty, and education.