Posted by: preaprez on: September 28, 2007
This week, when the authorities in Myanmar attacked the anti-government movement, in addition to the use of deathly violence, they shut down internet access.
By these news accounts:
The Internet has played a crucial role in getting news and images of the pro-democracy protests to the outside world in the past month.
Wesley Fryer on his blog Moving [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: September 28, 2007
David Hoff reports in EdWeek that Reg Weaver once again reminded Congress that any reauthorization of NCLB that mandates pay for performance is unacceptable to teachers.
Said Reg:
Deal breaker.
Say it again, Reg. Some of those Democrats need to be reminded how they got there.
Other things of note, NEA is working with other unions to oppose the [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: September 28, 2007
Release date: October 2nd.
Last to Die.
We took the highway till the road went black
We’d marked, Truth Or Consequences on our map*
A voice drifted up from the radio
And I thought of a voice from long ago
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: September 28, 2007
A while ago I posted about the controversy that erupted in Alsip over including the book, Fat Kid Rules the World, in a summer reading list. The book was one of several students could choose from. The inclusion of Fat Kid resulted in protests from book-banners, anti-homosexual groups and others with a right-wing agenda that [...]
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