By • May 07,2009

x=3.5

Sonny, shouldn’t your sample equations that have integers as their solutions? Anyhow, on the subject of teacher accountability, let me throw two links your way.  First, there’s an article in...

By • May 07,2009

Dept. of really dumb analogies

In April 1858, perhaps as many as 700 black settlers—about 14 percent of the blacks then living in California—began an exodus from San Francisco to Victoria, British Columbia, 750 miles...

By • May 05,2009

Some light football blogging

Apparently Brett Favre is coming back. Again. Mind if I rant for a minute? Didn’t think so. I’m a lifelong Packers fan, grew up worshipping Brett Favre. I will routinely...

By • May 04,2009

Unions are the worst

A couple of interesting union-related stories today. The LA Times pointed out just how absurdly ridiculous the firing process is for California teachers: The district wanted to fire a high...