For St. Patrick's Day

I hope you all had a good week!  Here are some highlights.  Let's start with a focus on reading:

1.  How well read are you?  I got 39.  I had thought that Marni would be the big winner....will one of you surprise me?  Post your score in the comments! 

2.  Did you see this NY Times article on children's books?  Such an important thing to talk about and think about (and check your school libraries for, if you have one under your control!). 

To segue from reading to school....

Still a racial divide, and now it plays out in the demographics of specialized high schools.  So proud of Explore's 3 success stories here, but there is SO much more to do!  Meanwhile, the charter versus fill-in-the-blank stories have grown to be more interesting across the country- here's an article from the Nation Magazine. 

And speaking of divisive politics-- read about how the "Obama factor" plays into mid term elections.
So frustrating, from my perspective.

Now- in order to participate in a wide range of conversations over the next couple of weeks, you need to know that we're in March Madness

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Group Participation Needed :  Create your own bracket here. 

You don't actually need to know anything in order to play (but if you do, you can use that knowledge and maybe do even better!).  We'll have a competition!  Winner gets taken to dinner by the rest of the group.  Sound good?  Action needed- be sure to make a bracket!