Friday Snippets - 5/30/08 - Gas Prices - Ugh!

Well, surprise, surprise, California schools are not going to get rid of most of their teachers
that they gave pink slips to. I just wonder how many good teachers they
lost as a result of this fiasco. Probably somebody will do a study on
it someday. By the way, if you remember, Texas was at the front of the
line in trying to steal teachers away from Calif. schools, now, they
are moving on to stealing teachers from Florida. Lesson? Need a teaching job? Try Texas!



Legislators Listen Up! Either support more education funding or lose your job!



Denver teachers are getting a bit restless over contract negotiations.



Hey, Clinton Campaign, pay your bills! I don't want to have to pay higher fees to make up for your debt (and refusal to acknowledge reality).



I am not the only one to notice the hot legislation right now are laws against teacher sex abuse, the AP noticed as well too.



The stupid, annoying, frustrating, ridiculously high gas prices are affecting schools as well. More. BoardBuzz too. (No real surprise there, I am just ultra ticked about the insane prices and needed to vent).



The Duke Lacross players are looking for a little revenge (who can blame them).



Early feedback on the Las Vegas open enrollment choice plan.



South Dakota's governor, apparently, is really fond of laptops in the classroom.



And around the blogosphere:



Jim Gerl has Hearing Officer Openings in DC ... and I agree with Jim's assessment of the job. Can to a lot of good in that job, but respect ... not so much.



Mitchell Rubinstein has the douchebags case coming down in the Second Circuit. 
Oh yeah, Mitchell, there is going to be lots of commentary on this one.
Starting now: Mitchell's commentary is right on. This case is a stretch
to say the best. I agree with the rules the court lays out, I am just
not sure this is the kind of situation where the school needs to step
in and regulate.



Also, the ABA Journal is going to run a full story on the ethics problems of the New York School Attorney Scandal.



Also, LII is RSSing new U.S. Code updates! Nice work Tom Hutton and everyone else at LII. I really like this idea.



Mark Walsh has the Justice Department discouraging the Supreme Court from reviewing a racial disparate impact case stemming from the teaching exam.



Connecticut Jen (love to have a last name sometime Jen) blogs on John McCain and education.



Title IX Blog has links to salary disparities in college coaching between the sexes. Some pretty striking differences there.



Charles Fox has a teacher allowing a class to vote a special education student out of it.



Education returns to the campaign, at least for Obama. Alexander Russo does a good job tracking down reactions. More.





Friday Fun:



I Love the World. I love this video ... and Discovery Channel. Even when watching TV, I love learning new things.




Google Document Link: Friday Snippets 5/30/08

Comments

[Jen]

Hi Justin,
Nice tie in to the high gas prices. Glad you worked some venting in to your post.
While I like the sound of Connecticut Jen, my last name is Weissman.
Thanks,

[Justin Bathon]

Great! Thanks Jen. It will be easier to reference your posts and help you gain some readers. Your posts so far have been great. I really like that some of them are advice oriented. That could really be helpful for some folks.

I had to vent. I have been making a lot of trips lately and a few years ago (back when gas was like $1.50) I bought a truck. I love my truck, but my truck costs $70.00 to fill up. Crazy.