June 18, 2012 | Posted At: 04:26 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2012 , Five Best Blogs [Of The Day]
Five Best Blogs: Senate Changes SIG; Mayors Endorse Trigger
Dem mayors surge ahead of most reformers on the parent trigger issue ow.ly/bEndB @SSimonReuters
Senate appropriators add "whole school" option to SIG program @PoliticsK12 ow.ly/bECMk
WPost's @ezraklein disagrees that public mistrust is why [a relative handful of] teachers are being firedow.ly/bEHyR
Chaparral High School one year later: Did the 'turnaround' work? - Las Vegas Sun ow.ly/bEx3T via @AISR
Raising a kid up 23pct / $235K over last 50 years, says USDA via @wonkbooks @SuzyKhimm ow.ly/bEHYH
Based on this post about cuts at public universities, pretty soon they'll be as stripped down as K12ow.ly/bEIi7 @KevinDrum
Magnet Schools See Hurdles to Integration, Even in Kindergarten - NYTimes.com ow.ly/bEwBT Picture via NYT
Of course raising a kid is more expensive. College tuition is higher, gas prices, including heating, are higher. Even groceries have increased because it costs more to ship them. I don't see that ever changing.
Posted by: Sarah | June 22, 2012 at 08:15 AM
Regarding Chaparral High School, it sounds like change worked. And that makes me wonder if the complete overhaul my high school is doing next year will be an equal success.
Posted by: Sarah | June 22, 2012 at 08:17 AM