A forgotten element in this financial crisis: teacher's pensions. 

Utah's turning its attention from vouchers to merit pay?

Big Ten network is now featuring professors on politics. (Suddenly I like conference networks a whole lot more ... bring on the SEC Network!)

Illegal immigrant in-state tuition lawsuit could spread beyond California ... Kansas, your next. 

Election issues for a Prop. 13 type proposal in Nevada. 

Onward in the S.D. funding suit (the testimony in this case is pretty extensive).

When charter school leadership goes bad ...

The Florida Supreme Court slaps some hands in Florida over the voucher ballot mess. 

Slashing special olympics? Gutsy.

Meeks, the leader of the Chicago boycott, gets his meeting with the Governor. 

Getting rid of abstinence education money ... in Kentucky? 

Wanna check inspection information about your kid's bus online? You can in NJ. 

Now that's ironic. 

I'm envious of Jim Gerl. So, Jim ... why no robe? Might as well go full blast! Come to think of it, maybe hearing officers would get more respect if they wore a robe? Jim also has part II  in his series on special ed. eligibility. 

Mark W. has a kid being disciplined for a fake MySpace page. Rightfully so, I think. Anyway, a good off-campus case. Also, OCR weighs in  on race-neutral admission policies. 

Howard F. has a N.C. District looking to add creationism to the curriculum. So, are we done with Intelligent Design? 

Should students spy on their teachers with camera's ... Wrightslaw takes it on. 

Patrick Fanelli has a good overview  of the Penn. homeschooling case. 

Michelle Laubin has ED giving some advice on FERPA. 

Campaign K-12 finds that Palin thinks she is a product of Title IX. 

With the market crashing, maybe it is a good time to buy land? It's cheap right now. Hey, I can dream, right? Me and Delmar:  

I'm gonna visit those foreclosing son-of-a-guns at the Indianola Savings & Loan, slap that money on the barrelhead and buy back the family farm. You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land.

Google Document Link: Friday Snippets: 09/19/08 - In the market for land?

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