February, 2016 archive
Chartering a Course of Disaster 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer autopsies a defunct charter school. A snippet:
And a whistle-blower suit contends a former Ed Plus administrator lost his job after he alleged wrongdoing, including failing to provide working computers for all students, using an untested curriculum developed by the CEO’s mother and spending resources on a secret learning center that was actually a homeschooling network that included the CEO’s children.
Read the whole thing, then ask yourself why anyone ever thought destroying public education so as to divert the funds to private concerns was a good idea. (The only answer I can see to that question is this: it diverted attention from true cause of problems in public education–the failure to adequately fund it in the first place.)
Potty Mouths 0
One more time, persons who complain loudly about “political correctness” demand license to be offensive without penalty.
All the News that Fits 0
Noz looks for the on-line version of a New York Times article he read in print and can’t quite find it.
The Smart One 0
You could almost feel sorry for him. On second thought, no–no more than he felt compassion for the Schiavos.
Creeping Crazy 0
Warning: Language.
Light Bloggery 0
Family matters.
iJunk 0
Apple wants you to stay confined in their walled orchard.
Relatively few people outside the tech world are aware of the so-called “error 53” problem, but if it happens to you you’ll know about it. And according to one specialist journalist, it “will kill your iPhone”.
No News Is Good News 0
I can dig it.
When cable news — and the partisan political commentary that often accompanies the breaking news coverage — was involved, library patrons couldn’t find the center of the aisle.
Libraries should be places of quiet reflection, not of digital deception.
Droning On 0
The Empire states back.
The 29-year-old man was taken into custody after a small aircraft he was piloting struck the iconic building before coming to rest on the 35th floor on Thursday evening, the New York City Police Department said.
We are a society of stupid.