Daily Headlines: April 1, 2010
Posted by The Mere Academic | Arkansas, Education, Politics, Random Riffs | April 01, 2010
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Welcome to Spring .. Some Interesting News is Hitting the Wire Today. Read on …. |
Progressive School District in Mississippi Planning “Straight-Free” Prom
- Ricky Martin and Toby Keith will headline the afterparty
Teacher Union Leader Comes Clean: “We don’t really care about children!”
- NEA general counsel Bob Chanin admits surprise — “Frankly, I can’t believe we had people going this long … I just had to tell!”
Texas Removes All References to Arkansas in State Textbooks
- State’s lead educator argues that “like evolution, the claim that there are fifty states is merely a theory.”
Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times - Caught Shopping at Wal-Mart
- Sources close to the Arkansas Times admit that Brantley is also an avid Glenn Beck listener.
Nation’s 4th Graders Continue to Trail Nation’s 5th Graders
- Experts fear this will continue into grade 6


Funny, except the video about teacher’s unions isn’t a parody, it’s real!