Exhibit A of Why You Should Not Text or Use a Cell Phone While Driving

Watch this clip of Meredith Vieira in a segment from the Today Show. And show it to your kids, your spouse, your coworkers, etc. to keep them from texting and driving!



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A Farewell to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

The New Orleans Times-Picayune put together a great montage of the "greatest hits" of now departing Mayor Ray Nagin's best sound bites - classic!

See:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/mayor_ray_nagins_eight_years_i.html



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Can You Measure Value Added?: Teacher Accountability Bill in Louisiana

Well, as a Management Prof, I can't help but believe in seeing how we can best apply management concepts in all areas. But.....hard to measure a teacher's (or a principal's) "value added" in terms of student achievement (i.e. student test scores) without simply even more encouraging teaching the tests.

Read (if you had a "value added" teacher, of course):
Teacher Accountability Measure Clears Committee; Union Bosses Seethe | The Hayride

David

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