Schools And Tech

SaTP_35_State_of_the_Union.mp3 Listen on Posterous News of the Week: 1) Kevin’s new Chrome Laptop 2) Internet Down in Egypt. Yahoo and Fox News - Thurs pmCAIRO – Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests.Jeff Jarvis on the Huffington Post  Support for the Disconnected in Egypt 3) Keep All the Top Teachers - OpEd by Michelle Rhee, Sunday (Jan 22) - NYT(toward the end) - In his State of the Union address, President Obama should call for a federal law that would require states to help parents ascertain whether their children are getting the high-quality instruction they need to prepare for college and the work force. Parents who find that their children are not being taught by an effective teacher in a successful school should have the right to vote with their feet by choosing a different school.Now that 12 of the 50 states have laws