Apparently, nothing much happened
yesterday...
There is no “Security through
Obscurity.” It isn't difficult to watch who enters a school. No
cops, no guns.
Des
Moines Register Maps Which Public Schools Are Totally Unguarded
The Des Moines Register is in
a
bit of hot water after they published an interactive Google Map
revealing the level of security in most Iowa's school districts. The
map has
since been taken down due to complaints from people who were
upset that it was basically putting
a target on the schools where any troublemakers would face no
resistance from security guards or police officers.
As you probably know, the National
Rifle Association and other gun advocates have pushed more armed
guards to be placed in schools arguing that "gun-free zone"
actually
draw criminals to schools, because they know no one there we able
to challenge them.
For my amusement...
… Legislation in North
Carolina will force schools to use digital materials
in lieu of printed textbooks by 2017. Schools will be allowed to
spend money that’s been allocated for textbooks on technology. But
according to the Fayobserver.com,
the state has slashed textbook funding in order to balance the
budget, and there isn’t any money earmarked for devices. Sounds
like a winning plan.
… A
proposed bill in Tennessee would cut a family’s
welfare benefits by 30% if a child fails a grade.
“It’s really just something to try to get parents involved with
their kids,” said the bill’s sponsor, state Senator Stacey
Campfield, who has no plans to punish affluent families for poor
school performance.
… Dave Winer,
podcasting and blogging pioneer and developer of RSS, has a new
company, Small Pictures, which released its first product this week:
Little Outliner.
As the name would suggest, the browser-based tool is great for
outlining writing projects.
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