Coming off a week of travel and finishing some teaching assignments at Tri-C Community College, it has been seven days of playing catch-up. There is a local teacher's strike in Strongsville, Ohio that has my attention. I am wondering if this action is not the tip of the iceberg for many other school districts as municipalities and school boards struggle to find additional revenues to cover costs. In Medina, Ohio, the School Superintendent, was rewarded an $83,000 signing bonus (which he later returned). How does this happen? What justification can be made for an administrator to receive such an outrageous sum of money when the real champion is the teacher in the trenches. Where is that bonus?
The Weekly Round-Up begins now....
Observation: Notes on Freedom and Culture: What Culture? Whose Freedom? (Huffington Post)
The Economy: 9 out of 10 Americans are Completely Wrong About this Mind Blowing Fact (Upworthy.com)
The Economy: Robert Reich Rips Walmart (pressdemocrat.com)
Opinion: Welcome to Deadwood (NY Times)
News Analysis: The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking (NY Times)
News Analysis: Was Syria Ever the Secular, Non-Sectarian State We Were Led to Believe It Was? (The Telegraph)
News Analysis: Congressman John Lewis Tells Story of March from Selma to Montgomery (sojo.net)
Ideas: Banished Words (thesmartset.com)
The Papacy: The Ratzinger Legacy (NY Times)
Papacy: New Pope Survey Finds American Catholics believe Church Must Change Course (Huffington Post)
The Papacy: Father "Phony" Tries to Sneak into the Conclave (USA Today)
Advertising: What a Brilliant Ad - A Must Watch (Facebook)
Music: The Metropolitan Opera Announces the 2013-14 Season (metopera.org)
Music: The Vienna Philharmonic to Release Nazi Connections (NY Times)
Music: Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio" (NPR.com)
Job Search: Job References Are Pointless (Huffington Post)
Church: Youth Ministry that is More than Fun and Games (FaithLeadership.org)
Church: Nine Lessons on the Missional Church (Anglican Journal)
Church: But We Always had Sunday School? (buildingfaith.com)
Church: History Channel's "The Bible" Keeps Conservatives (Mostly) Happy and Jesus White (religiondispatches.org)
Church: Spiritual but not Giving a Damn (elephantjournal.com)
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