- South Carolina’s Tea Party prince Jim DeMint feels that openly gay individuals and unmarried but “sexually active” women should not be allowed to teach in public classrooms. (Seriously.)
- In a huge head nod to the charter sector, the Department of Education awarded $50 million in grants to twelve COMs this week. More interesting, though, is who didn’t make the cut: Green Dot, DC Prep and Lighthouse, to start.
- Everyone’s ignorant—or just really confused. At least everyone in Washington. A recent National Journal education poll found that few D.C. insiders know the nation’s high school graduation rate and a majority underestimate education spending.
- High school students in northern Maine—no, not Idaho—are enjoying their yearly potato-harvest school break. Thing is, few actually unearth the spuds anymore. We’ve got machines for that.
