Guess I've been in a wonky mood since my professor encouraged us this week to "curl up in bed ... with Title I of No Child Left Behind." Haven't gone that far, but ...
A well-reported piece on how more and more homeless families in Massachusetts are being put up in local hotels. I would have liked a little more about the overall Rube Goldbergian homelessness and housing system, but there's plenty of good stuff and vivid anecdotes nonetheless. The money stat: Four years ago the state housed 66 homeless families in hotels; today, that's 1469. And this, despite state programs designed precisely to move families into their own apartments ASAP.
A perceptive article at The New Republic on Obama's "re-competition" plan for early-childhood education: same pot of money, but now programs deemed "deficient" have to compete for grants. One interesting takeaway: the changes have faced little opposition because they were proposed by a Democrat--and because ECE lacks large teachers unions to organize resistance. This will be an interesting one to watch.
Finally, a Romney and a Kennedy: strange and (at times) strained bedfellows.
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