It’s the President, not the First Lady, who has the creds to launch a campaign to help boys. From the Huffington Post:
Jessica CorryDenver-based public policy analyst and political strategist
Posted: November 16, 2009 02:21 PM BIO Become a Fan Get Email Alerts Bloggers’ Index
Mrs. Obama, What About Our Boys?
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Today's guest post comes from Jake Holmes, a senior at the University of Michigan where he's studying French. If you would like to write a guest post, shoot an email to dear@hackcollege.com.
Having a car [...]
Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday was supposed to be on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 the other night.Anderson Cooper [...]
Remember that one time you hit ‘reply all’ and the entire Undergraduate Assembly found out you were going to be 10 minutes late because of an emergency GYN appointment? Um, me neither.
Picture the worst email gaffe you ever made, and magnify that times a thousand, because a [...]
And I got this email directly, which (with permission granted) I will reproduce:
Hello Mr. WhItmire,
Thank you for your interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal, “The Lost Boys”. Your new book could not be more important and I hope it’s a huge best seller! I’m a retired [...]
"Without you saying anything to them, they will believe that they are responsible for making big decisions about budget matters, school policies, hiring of the principal and dozens of other matters."
Imagine charter schools CEO Dennis Bakke in a recently revealed email about how to pick and manipulate charter boards. ([...]
The debate over a new fundamental high school (high schools?) is getting real interesting real quick. Pinellas board member Carol Cook sent out this email this week, in response to emails from parents who want a new fundamental high school, pronto. Here's some of [...]
Meaning is found in associations. It’s simple concept, but has substantial implications. To get an accurate picture of “something”, context first needs to be understood. This short video – can’t squeeze knowledge from a pixel – summarizes this point. An email address, for example, means very little unless we [...]
Last week The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote a post in their blog, Wired Campus, about colleges doing away with school specific email addresses. One of the main reasons they cite for the inclination to delete the mail accounts is that all of [...]
Ann, my principal, sent out an SOS email tonight in preparation for a presentation she has to give at a regional meeting. The questions she sent were good reflective ones so what better place to actually answer them than here. Any feedback always appreciated:
1. In what ways are you gaining [...]
I’ve posted this before, but, since the course started today, I’ll mention it again: Introduction to Emerging Technologies, Africa is an open online 12 week course. I’m teaching the course with Dave Cormier. IETA is delivered in both English and French. More information:
Google Groups – for regular emails from [...]
I was getting a bit depressed thinking that with the end of September there would be no more great documentaries about schools.
But then I got this email blast from a guy I met two [...]
During my day I see my supervisors and advisors go through tons of emails. And from what I hear it's getting to be the same way for people in other professions as well. While I don't necessarily have a lot of email to go through,' [...]
Last week, reader Ben Torell submitted his desk setup for our regular Featured Desk Space feature. He also mentioned something in his email I think deserves its own separate post. I had debated about doing this [...]
Recently, Google suspended 22 Gmail accounts at Brown due to a bug that allowed those students to read other students’ emails. This occurred as Google was transitioning some accounts from Microsoft Exchange to Gmail. In some cases, students were able to read others’ entire inboxes [...]
I often don't find the time to keep this blog up to date, but every few days I send out articles of interest and commentary, so just email me at WTilson at tilsonfunds.com and I'd be happy to add you to my email list.
[...]Image: Google Operating SystemGmail is the email client of choice for a lot of students, and for some universities as well. Besides having the most advanced web-based email service around (for free), Googlers have added a lot of useful experimental features for users [...]
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