From the LA Times: "California’s high school exit exam is keeping disproportionate numbers of girls and non-whites from graduating, even when they are just as capable as white boys, according to a study released Tuesday. It also found that the exam, which became a graduation requirement in 2007, has 'had no positive effect on student achievement.'"Great feather earrings from Digby & Iona.
Florida's "forgotten coast."
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Gorgeous homemade designs by Tortilla Girl.
From Consumerist: "Everybody knows that Smutslayer, omnipotent Facebook god of purity, is responsible for smiting pornographic images that mortals foolishly try to upload to the site. What not so many people know is that Smutslayer doesn't do all the work himself. He's got a trusty team of decency deputies working full-time to fight for truth, justice and the absence of boobies."
Gridskipper: Berlin's Old Breweries.
"John McPhee somewhat famously teaches writing to undergrads at Princeton. So, what's on his syllabus?"
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