Sunday links.
In Illinois, the Race to the Top grant would pay for the down, but we would have to make the monthly payments. And we’re flat out busted.
I’m touched by the number of people that my stats show have gone from my blog to Doctors Without Borders and Partners in Health, I’m assuming to make a donation. If you haven’t, you still can.
Ten things the US can and should do for Haiti.
It is kind of a relief to know that the Bill of Rights still has a first amendment. A NY judge ruled that teachers and parents can protest the mayor.
I’m no doctor, but the anti-teacher union zealots seem schizophrenic about AFT Prez Randi Weingarten’s speech from last week. Take the crazed Mike Antonucci (please!). In his first post about the speech he suggests Randi was all smoke and mirrors and only said what she has said a dozen times before. In his next post he attacks the NEA for not going along with Weingarten. Is this a multiple choice quiz?
A similar line of attack can be found in the Sunday NYT editorial. Did Antonucci get a job with the Times?
Cheryle Jackson, along with Obama basketball buddy Alexi Giannoulias, are leading in next month’s Democratic primary for Obama’s old senate seat. Giannoulias supports the war in Afghanistan. This is Jackson’s first political ad:
