Florida DOE omits Patricia Polacco from holiday reading list
Missing from the state’s list of Recommended Holiday Reading: Patricia Polacco, whose The Trees of the Dancing Goats and Christmas Tapestry are her typical tear-jerking, wonderfully-illustrated fare. The Trees of the Dancing Goats is also available through the Florida Braille and Talking Books Libraries. I’m sure this is unrelated to the controversy over Polacco’s “disinvitation” […]
Palm Beach Community College Trustees Prefer Pets
Absolutely astounding: Palm Beach Community College recently voted against extending benefits to domestic partners but are allowing a discount program for … pet health care.
Eduwonkette on NAEP Exemptions
It’s not part of her theme this week (exploring Fordham and Ogbu’s “acting white” hypothesis), but her post on Lies, Damned Lies, and NAEP Exemptions is still required reading, following up on Elizabeth Green’s story in the New York Sun on the large number of exemptions in New York City’s urban NAEP testing.