Edu-News (03.28.2008)
There was a flurry of depressing education stories yesterday and today. So, by all means, check out this one first. Or wait, maybe it's actually more depressing than the others (emphasis is mine):
Salt Lake City, Utah:
In other news, we have a sickout in New Orleans, a strike threat in Nashua, and possible position and program cuts in Mt. Olive, New Jersey.
And there's this craziness out of North Carolina (via The Chalkboard):
Salt Lake City, Utah:
As someone who has had sex with about 4,000 women in an acting career spanning more than 1,700 pornographic films, you could easily joke that Ron Jeremy likes to score . . . .Tennis, yes. Please let it be tennis.
"Nobody can defend porn better than me, because I have a teaching license," said Jeremy, referring to his master's degree in special education from Queens College in New York. "Pornography is older than all of us, and it will still be around when we're all dead and buried. We're all voyeuristic by nature. If it goes out of style, fine. I'll take up tennis. But right now people enjoy it."
In other news, we have a sickout in New Orleans, a strike threat in Nashua, and possible position and program cuts in Mt. Olive, New Jersey.
And there's this craziness out of North Carolina (via The Chalkboard):
North Carolina teachers have used personal days to attend funerals and court hearings, assist friends during medical procedures and participate in training — a privilege that costs them $50 a day.
Teachers are now asking legislators to end the decades-old requirement that they pay a fee for taking those days off.
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