Sunday, March 21, 2004
Morning Links
Last week, the mayor of NYC, bypassing usual political procedures, ended social promotion in the third grade. Diane Ravitch, who has no love of school bureaucracy, opposes his methods and the lack of checks over the mayor. Facinating stuff. Worth a longer post later the week. More links on the subject: here, here, here, here, and here.
Urban parents have set up a website to deal with their issues, like is it okay to leave your sleeping baby in the apartment, while you put a load of laundry in the washer in the basement. The Times wrote an article about it. Slightly grossed out by the discussion of wealthy parents.
Any question that the nanny relationship with parents is very complicated? Read this.
Last week, the mayor of NYC, bypassing usual political procedures, ended social promotion in the third grade. Diane Ravitch, who has no love of school bureaucracy, opposes his methods and the lack of checks over the mayor. Facinating stuff. Worth a longer post later the week. More links on the subject: here, here, here, here, and here.
Urban parents have set up a website to deal with their issues, like is it okay to leave your sleeping baby in the apartment, while you put a load of laundry in the washer in the basement. The Times wrote an article about it. Slightly grossed out by the discussion of wealthy parents.
Any question that the nanny relationship with parents is very complicated? Read this.
