BLOGS: Best Blog Posts Of The Day

Another beautiful day in Brooklyn.  Plus blog posts.

Those evil union supporters who denigrate objective measures... Sherman Dorn
Quick: who said the following recently? We do see the incredible power of setting stretch goals. But if you set a goal that's really not within reach, people will just give up on it and you really don't have a goal.

10 Questions I Didn’t Hear (But Wish I Had) GothamSchools
Without further ado, ten questions, in no particular order, that I wish I had a chance to answer:

Liberals turn on teachers’ unions Joanne Jacobs
Everybody Hates The Teachers’ Unions Now, writes Mickey Kaus.

Scientists Are Democrats and Independents, Almost Exclusively, Really TFT
When 94% of an entire class of well-educated professionals has summarily rejected your party, you're in big, big trouble.

CTA Defends Minimum Education Funding Law Stephen Sawchuk
The California Teachers Association is going all out to protest Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to waive Prop. 98, the minimum school funding law, to make up part of the state's $24 billion budget shortfall.

Anarchist Maniacs Burn Dollar Sign Into East Hampton High Football Field Gawker
Prey tell, what it is?! Or who? Maybe the Greasers, trying to mess with the Socs!