I’ll be watching HBO tonight.

June 23, 2008

I’ll be watching HBO tonight. They will be showing a two hour doc, “Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card.” Early reviews suggest it doesn’t paint a pretty picture of NCLB.

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