The sugar-daddy amendment to SB 6
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 23, before the Senate adopted the Thrasher/Crist amendment. For my thoughts about the version that passed the senate on March 24, see my entry describing it as overreaching .Among the amendments to Florida Senate Bill 6 filed today is a short amendment sponsored by John […]
Would Florida SB 6 criminalize Gates grant to Hillsborough schools?
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 20, about an earlier version of Senate Bill 6. Early this week, the bill was modified to allow Hillsborough to seek an exemption; the amendment was crafted so that no other district could apply, even if they replicated Hillsborough’s efforts using local funding. For my […]
ESEA reauthorization blueprint, the CliffNotes version
I have several meetings today, but I want to write down my thoughts on Duncan’s ESEA reauthorization “blueprint” before I forget them. As I wrote over the weekend, Mike Petrilli is reading the substance of the blueprint correctly; the Obama administration is proposing that federal policy walk back a few steps from NCLB’s absolutist mechanisms […]
Constitutional questions on SB 6
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 15, about a substantially different version of Senate Bill 6; the obvious constitutional problems were removed by an amendment late in the week. For my thoughts about the version that passed the senate on March 24, see my entry describing it as overreaching. While the […]
What the iPad will and will not be
Last time I wrote about electronic readers, it was before the announcement of the Messiah Tablet iPad. Well, it’s Pi Day, and whether or not the circle has been squared, for the first time in my life I’ve given money to a Steve Jobs company for hardware. As I noted in January, I hate reading PDFs […]