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Day number 4; Ok run today. Pretty much uphill walk/run intensity. Felt pretty tired afterwards – I did not do much after; need to work on push ups and a weights a bit more a bit of weights. Good livin’…just keep on movin’
How do expectations, particularly teacher expectations, affect students in the U.S.? Are standards high enough? Does Common Core, which has been adapted by some states, set the bar too high?
These are all questions that Center for American Progress senior fellow Ulrich Boser has tried to unpack in an issue brief (pdf), and there is a simple answer: Students do better when more is expected of them…Continue Reading
Thoughts: Teachers have a hard job – yeah, got it. That being said, however, I will never give over my kids education to the anyone. Racism still runs rampant in our society and a fair amount of racists in our classrooms.
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Day number 3; Pretty intense run today. Probably the hardest and fastest – I did a bit of weights and push ups. Good livin’…just keep on movin’
Q: “At what net worth should I consider getting a money manager?”
A: There is no magic number for when you need help. Similarly, you don’t have to wait for your net worth to hit a certain mark to seek out the services of a pro…MSNM
I go the index funds (Vanguard and USAA) route with a mix of 401ks from former employees and individual stocks that I have purchased over the years. I manage my own portfolio but I am eyeing the Vanguard Personal Advisor Services program that is piloting right now.
This is an absolute must read…
Tom Frieden remembers the young woman with the beautiful hair, dyed a rusty gold and braided meticulously, elaborately, perhaps by someone who loved her very much. She was lying facedown, half off the mattress. She had been dead for hours, and flies had found the bare flesh of her legs. Washington Post