Mick

Q: How do you prove that public schools are failing and that charter schools will save our children?
A: Lie.

http://niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00503

"Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch tells reporters to dig deep when states or school districts or even individual schools claim big educational gains; chances are someone is gaming the system."

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/04/emerging_economic_powers?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/briceinsearchoffoundation

This is worth reading. It's also worth knowing who the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, now, South Africa) are and how they will end up shaping the world over the next few decades.

http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/component/content/article/1-latest/527-professor-lewis-binford-1931-2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/10/bolivia-enshrines-natural-worlds-rights

"The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as "blessings" and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/us-newmexico-chile-idUSTRE73478R20110405

The New Mexico Chile Advertising Act -- signed by Governor Susana Martinez on Tuesday -- makes it illegal to advertise any product as a New Mexico chile unless the chile is grown in the state.

Dry growing season might hurt chile crop
Tough straits for farmers this season in the Hatch area could result in higher retail prices for green chile lovers later this year.

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_17722497

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/education/16teachers.html?hpw

http://www.mcgraw-hillresearchfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/pisa-intl-competitiveness.pdf

http://goodnightdune.com/index.html

I'm starting the resume and the mead this weekend. The resume will be done much sooner than the mead. I also hope to see results much sooner with the resume than I do with the mead.