May 25, 2006

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Not Cirque Du Soleil

Filed under: Other Topics by Kombiz Lavasany @ 2:24 pm

I’ve been to Central Park. NASCAR is supposedly coming to my borough. I’ve seen Coney Island, and I’ve been to the north Bronx and Yankee Stadium. Hell’s Kitchen doesn’t look like it did in the movies, and yes, I’m a new New Yorker, but I imagine this is a distinctly New York Carnival of Education, (what with its sex, drugs and rock & roll and even the sarcasm is meant to cut a little deep.)

In my opinion, this is a better read.

Quesque Se? - I’m aware that several educrats at Tweed read EdWize and with all the craziness over implementing a draconian cell phone policy in schools (zero consultations with parents or teachers *yet again*), I hope no one shares the article about social networking websites with J.K. On a more serious note, I’m curious what EdWize readers think about the proliferation of online social networking websites like Myspace and their effects on education?

The AFL-CIO blog has recently been doing outstanding posts on a variety of issues, including mine safety and Congress’ unwillingness to regulate mine safety. It is also following the Senate’s Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to form a union through card check recognition.

You can find more fun SES coverage on the AFT’s NCLBlog and read about how the Washington Post is helping empower the next generation of Armstrong Williams’ wannabes.

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  • Thanks for the kind words, K.

    Comment by NYC Educator — May 25, 2006 @ 3:13 pm

  • Just points out the need for more computer ed for every member of the school community o

    Comment by paulrubin — May 29, 2006 @ 8:38 am

  • NYC - De’ Nada

    Paul,

    It’s short but I think I agree with your sentiment. I’ve recently heard of a wave of upheaval over MySpace that really leads me to believe that we’re about to have long conversations about decency and MySpace, etc. in regards to regulating the sites. We’ll see if it turns out to be the rap music wars that my generation saw in high school.

    Comment by Kombiz — June 1, 2006 @ 7:23 pm

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