Short Notes: Disempowerment Is A Cooperative Act
- The Atlantic’s John Tierney joins in the chorus of the annoyed in this essay about the Atlanta / Washington DC cheating scandals and its ramifications for education reform. [The Atlantic]
- Michael Doyle makes a clear argument for the village raising the child. [BHS Doyle]
- Florida’s investigating K-12 Inc. Hate to use the word evil about any person or group, but … [EdWeek]
- For those in NYC, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be speaking at the ELL Parent Conference. [NYC Schools]
A current of love rushed from his heart, and the boy began to pray. It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas. His prayer didn’t give thanks for his sheep having found new pastures; it didn’t ask that the boy be able to sell more crystal; and it didn’t beseech that the woman he had met continue to await his return. In the silence, the boy understood that the desert, the wind, and the sun were also trying to understand the signs written by the hand, and were seeking to follow their paths, and to understand what had been written on a single emerald. He saw that omens were scattered throughout the earth and in space, and that
