Using Data to Improve Education

There’s a push out there in America that calls for more data from schools. Why? Schools are now governed by a law from 2001 called No Child Left Behind. Schools are under pressure to prove their children are making adequate yearly progress. Data is compiled and reported and this adequate yearly [...]

Clustr Maps

Well I can’t figure out how to make my Clustr Map work, so until I do, here it is.

Overhaulin’

As you can see, I am in the process of giving my blog a major facelift. This is really easy, and hard, to do. This is new ground for me personally, because the code takes a little adjusting, and I’m not used to reading this kind of code. I know, I know. [...]

Trees? In Antarctica?

Can you believe this? Global warming could actually cause trees to grow in Antarctica within a century.
Article on Yahoo

San Francisco

Ahh…one of the most beautiful places in the U.S., or at least it must be because I haven’t seen all of them.
I took my first trip to California a couple of weeks ago. I’ve heard all my life how pretty the city of San Francisco is and how cool it gets in the summer. [...]

Money Well Spent?

Some things in this world NEVER seem to amaze me.
WARNING: THIS IS A RANT! IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ IT THEN GO AWAY!
It seems that every month or two I come across an article where someone has received a grant to do a “study” on something. The results are always so [...]