From the U.K.
"Children as young as three should be reported for 'racism', Government-funded group claims"
While you were watching tennis...
Rod MacKinnon, former head of Bexley Grammar School (one of the U.K.'s most popular; it accepts approximately one pupil out of every nine who apply), took to the pages of the Telegraph yesterday to denounce a Labor government that views schools as tools for so
A new school for service?
Two friends have an op-ed in today's Tallahassee Democrat calling for the establishment of a national public service academy, a "civilian West Point for our best and brightest public service-minded women and men."
Is Clive Crook anti-American?
Michael J. PetrilliProbably not, but since I missed last week's patriotismpalooza, I figure I have some catching up to do.
Hail to their chief
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.Highlights of Obama's speech to the NEA this weekend can be found here, amid quite a bit of applause (except for that pesky reference to teacher pay).
Scapegoating race
Stafford PalmieriIn Washington Post front-page news this morning, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA, has reported its freshman class of 2012 will be 45 percent Asian--and only 42 percent white. Crisis! (Really, though, front page news?
A new take on merit pay?
Stafford PalmieriWhen New Jersey Commissioner of Education Lucille Davy called the severance package of the retiring Keansburg, N.J., Superintendent, "an absolutely outrageous, excessive, ridiculous package to pay anyone," she didn't really mean "anyone." "Anyone" does not include high level consultants and traders, CEOs and chairmen, or partners from big firms who routinely receive these sorts of financia