Will Richardson

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BloggerCon II – EdBloggers Wanted

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Just signed up for BloggerCon II and I was a little surprised at the dearth of edblogging types on the registrant’s list so far. (I do, however, see someone from the NEA is coming. Terrorists in our midst???) If nothing else, I’m in for the conversations on politics and jounalism, but it would be great to get together for some BOF sessions on blogs in schools. Anyone else going? Anyone?

Comments

  1. Give Kids Good Schools says

    Hi,

    I see mention on here of the unfortunate remark Secretary of Education Rod Paige recently made about the NEA. Sec. Paige referred to the NEA a “terrorist organization” at a White House meeting of state governors a few weeks ago. I was pretty shocked that Paige would go that far and use that type of language!

    The organization I work for, GiveKidsGoodSchools.com, is concerned that Paige’s words indicate a lack of respect for America’s educators so we’re running a letter writing campaign to ask Secretary Paige to foster a spirit of cooperation and respect with America’s educators and the groups like the NEA that serve them. I was wondering if you’d help us spread the word about this.

    Here is the link to the page on our web site that allows people to send a free letter to Rod Paige.
    http://www.givekidsgoodschools.com/campaign/paige

    GiveKidsGoodSchools.com is a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to improving the quality of public education for America’s kids.

    Please let me know if you have any questions.

    Best,
    Andrew

    Here are a few links to some news coverage of the Secretary’s remarks:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/education/25PAIG.html

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64712-2004Feb23.html

  2. Alan Levine says

    Darn near impossible to justify (both time and budget) a cross country trip for a 1 day conference with barely 2 months notice. Someone please clue in the Harvard-heads.

    I’d be there in a heartbeat if it were held in say, Tucson….