Yes, stone skipping. We'll get to that in a second. First, here's some reading from the week that is worth your attention. Remember to share.
How We Known The Reason for the Drop in Texas Special Ed Numbers
You may remember the story of how Texas quietly capped the number of students with special needs that districts were allowed to find. Here's a follow-up of sorts, a rebuttal of all the excuses given for why the problem might have occurred.
Clash of Visons in Puerto Rico
Disaster capitalists square of against fans of actual public school education in hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico
The Reason for My Work
Chuck Pearson with a worthy entry in the Why I Teach genre.
What We Mean When We Say High Expectations
Jose Luis Vilson looks at the idea of high expectations and who exactly they are for.
Arizona Charter Boasts of Mass Expulsions
A charter in Arizona actually bragged publicly about how it turned itself around by expelling all the students who made it look bad. Now they are experiencing regret (for talking openly about their secret for success).
The Strange Story of Susie Strangfield
Within this tale of Oregon bureaucracy and politics is a fairly horrifying glimpse of their Big Brothery data plan.
NY Bronx Charter Teacher Fired for Reporting Sexual Harrassment by Students
How bad can conditions get in the charter world, where teachers have few of the job protections that public school teachers have? This bad.
The City Fund
Yet another tool for privatizing public education.
Finally- yesterday I spent the mid-Augusr afternoon as I have for about twenty years-- serving as a judge for our local rock skipping fest. This year's field included the current world record holder and the champion from Japan. A few year's ago, CBS Sunday Morning visited, and you can get a rough idea of what the event is like here. This has nothing to do with education; just small town life.
If you want to see what the world record throw looks like...
And if that all piqued your interest, there's an actual documentary available on Amazon Prime.
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