Don’t Mess With Texas (Teachers)
- Posted by: Jason Jude Chan
- on August 15, 2008 at 6:47 pm
We just posted GOOD 12: The Education Issue for your perusal. Here are a few outside stories to keep you in the scholastic mindset:
- In case you missed our previous mention: this fall, a Texas school district will allow teachers the right to bear arms. The district’s superintendent justifies his life-and-death decision as such: “We have a lock-down situation, we have cameras, but the question we had to answer is, ‘What if somebody gets in? What are we going to do?” he said. “It’s just common sense.
- The Wall Street Journal offers a provocative argument for why college is a waste of time and a CPA > BA.
- It turns out we’re not the only ones who think playgrounds aren’t what they used to be. Here is our scoop and here is The Wall Street Journal seconding our notion, PTA-style.
- Finally if you happen to be a teacher, or just love to learn, here are the 100 best YouTube videos to expand the mind.
