A Jefferson Middle School teacher, Scot Key, takes a hard look at the numbers behind APS school failings here and here, and I would strongly urge those of you interested in education to read both.
For the inner economist in all of us, the folks over at Errors of Enchantment have been putting up some interesting maps (here and here) that prove a picture is worth a thousand words. Of course, you can still count on Harry to put up posts of a thousand words. Just kidding, it’s only 383 words – I guess all those big numbers just make it seem longer.