BLOGS: A Quick Spin Around The Blogosphere

Into Thin Air Swift and Big
"Who's ready for a race to the top?"

A blogger to USDOE? Sherman Dorn
Peter Orszag is being joined by Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, the newly-announced assistant secretary of education nominee, who has maintained a blog while running the Pomona school district....

The Burbs Kevin Drum
Even on a purely voluntary basis, I suspect that fostering "regional partnerships between urban and suburban districts" will never have more than a tiny impact.

Aspen Institute's Wurtzel To Join Permanent Ed. Dept. Ranks Politics K12
Judy Wurtzel is in line to take a full-time position under Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

State Budgets Vary Chad Aldeman 
Reform efforts should be focused on the places that actually have the capacity to do so, as opposed to the places focused on just digging themselves out of giant financial holes.

Philly Culinary Arts Teacher aka 'Drill Sergeant' NPR
Wilma Stephenson's culinary arts course at Philadelphia's Frankford High School is not your mother's home-economics class.