It's a Beautiful Thing, Wonder

http://www.radiolab.org/story/tell-me-wave-where-did-you-come-who-made-you_kw/#.U8_4Al6wsFg.facebook

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

AKA "advocacy research".   It occurred to me that money isn't as scarce for the Walton family , or for the charter school corporations, as it is in public schools. http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/07/22/334049393/charters-money-and-test-scores?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140722

And Just For Fun

Should I teach this video? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

Yay

http://danielskatz.net/2014/07/21/donna-brazile-ted-strickland-and-jennifer-granholm-to-defend-public-education/

A Voice of Reason

Without shouting, Lily Eskelson Garcia makes sense.  http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/lily-eskelsen-garcia-national-education-association-president-108596.html

That's Too Much

Eight hours is too much and kindergarten is too young. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/common-core-test-anxiety-108527.html?hp=l7

Teaching Creativity

This is the Catch 22, http://creativesomething.net/post/84942658350/the-challenge-with-teaching-creativity