August 27, 2010
Mayer Exposes Koch: Citizens Unite!
Jane Mayer of the New Yorker talks with “Fresh Air” about her report on the Brothers Koch, who use their huge big-business bank accounts to undermine democracy and quite possibly the health and safety of all of us. Follow Jane, one of the most even-handed journalists working today, as she tracks the Koch corporate money into Tea Party and other “astro turf” causes, including Glenn Beck’s disgusting “rally” in DC this weekend.
Listen below and read the full article here.
Science Friday: Reimagining Bed Bugs
Science Friday: Psych yourself out of fear of bed bugs. Check it out here and below.
August 24, 2010
The District Wins Up to $75M under Race to the Top
The District of Columbia today joined nine states in winning a round two Race to the Top grant, which will funnel up to $75 million in federal dollars into the city to continue Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s education reforms. The District tied with Maryland for sixth place. Tennessee and Delaware were the only two states that won round one awards.
Read the winning plan here.
Why You Don’t Care About Bush’s Tax Cuts – At All. Trust Me.
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School Starts in DC
The Washington area gets a public school named after Barack Obama and it’s not in the District. I’m offended. Michelle Rhee, what is up?
Kidding, of course. Welcome back to school everyone (at Prospect Learning Center in particular :).
A teacher at the Prospect school across the way got locked inside the gates of her campus on Sunday; the custodian didn’t know she was in there getting her classroom ready and he locked up and went home. The police were confused as we neighbors brought over two ladders to get her over the wrought iron fence. The empty boxes of school supplies she carried with her were not enough to dissuade the copper and his paddy wagon compatriots from obnoxiously asking for her ID and questioning her incessantly … just. in. case.
Really cops? Nothing better for you to do on a Sunday?
It was a farcical start—a little weird start—to a hopefully promising school year.