Say Something

I know I've told you this before, but I worry. Recently, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governor’s Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices released the first official draft of the college- and career-readiness standards.

Comments on the draft are only being accepted until October 21, 2009.

I hope you've told them how you feel.

To learn more about the common core standards initiative and provide feedback, please visit the Common Core Standards website at http://www.corestandards.org/.

Culinary Arts

I think cooking is an art form, but I never see chefs at any of the industry meetings.

Anyway, sometimes you get peckish.

If you are really hungry, don't visit Zen Can Cook.

It's too delicious.

Reason Being

Cocktail Party Physics is a science blog.

Wait, let them explain:

Cocktail Party Physics is a group science blog that aims to create a salon-like virtual space where contributors and readers alike can chat about the latest news and ideas in science -- with a twist. If we can make it fun, funky, unconventional, and blur the lines between traditional disciplines -- both within the sciences themselves, and science and the arts, literature, pop culture, history, and every other aspect of our culture -- so much the better. We need fewer barriers and more bridges in this world.

Also, they tell jokes.

Take the Special

The NYC DOE Office of the Arts and Special Projects (OASP) is charged with supporting universal access to arts education through ArtsCount, an initiative that tracks and reports student participation in arts education and holds schools accountable for meeting New York State Instructional Requirements for the Arts. OASP also put together all of those nifty Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. Arts Count has identified "Arts Education Liasons" in most of the NYC public schools and painstakingly typed their names in tiny print on this spreadsheet. For the list to be of any use, you'll need the school number and a magnifying glass.

We TAs should probably read all of this stuff if we want to be taken seriously by friends like these.

Short Film: Det Perfekte Menneske (Jørgen L.)