BLOGS: A Quick Spin Around Them Blog Thingies

D.O.E. culture Klonsky
While the Limbaugh Party continues to call Obama's ed policies "socialist," Diane Ravitch, from her perch at the Fordham Institute, comes at them from behind, still feeding her Obama=Bush nonsense to Edweek and making it seem as though charter schools had somehow become the biggest dividing issue in education.

Obama Sparks a Belt-Wearing Trend at Florida High School Politics K12
It's not clear yet whether the Obama administration's policies will be able to raise achievement, but the president has inspired some students to pull up something else: their pants.

CHILD POVERTY AND THE EDUCATION WARS Dana Goldstein
There is no reason, of course, why a societal approach to alleviating poverty can't go hand in hand with support for charter schools and greater innovation in how to recruit, train, and pay teachers. 

Boom And Bust! Eduwonk
I’m still pretty young but I lived through stock market bubbles, housing bubbles, and now more than one teacher shortage bubble…

Sir Mix-a-Lot Teaches Kids About Big Butts, Burgers Gawker
Sir Mix-a-Lot is teaching obesity and sexuality to your kids and you're really okay with that, deep down, because you love Whoppers.