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Back Online I'm not planning on resuming regular updates to this site, but thought I'd put up something today to let folk know that mathdittos2.com is back online. We got caught when an apparently unscrupulous web host pulled the plug without warning (or refunds). It's taken a couple of weeks to find a new, and hopefully reliable, web host. I also added a new photo to the Desktop Photos page. Connecticut Sues Over NCLB A story on eSchool News, NCLB backlash expected to grow, tells of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filing suit against the federal government about No Child Left Behind. eSchool News quotes Blumenthal as saying, "Give up your unfunded mandates or give us the money. Live up to the law's promise. Show us flexibility or show us the money. This mindless rigidity harms our taxpayers--but most of all our children, who are robbed of resources in their classrooms." The column is full of interesting quotes such as, "...the public hasn't turned its back on NCLB but is likely to do so if the law's strategies are not tailored to commonsense approaches," and "There are clear signs of an unprecedented bipartisan revolt afoot against the No Child Left Behind Act," and "The federal government has rejected and even ridiculed requests for full funding or flexibility under No Child Left Behind. It has been rigid and irrational--repeatedly denying any meaningful waiver. Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Monster Photos
Eagle Nebula images: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/12/image/b M51 images: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/12/image/a Very cool! Send feedback to
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