video courtesy of The Daily Camera newspaper, Boulder, CO.
Boulder High School (or perhaps it’s the Boulder Valley School District) has laid off a social studies teacher, Chris Barnes, because of budget cuts. Such are the inevitable and in this case cruel losses of a severe recession. Apparently he’s not just any [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Boulder High students protest teacher layoff
Posted in Education, tagged Boulder High School, protest, students, teacher layoff on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Inexcusable: BVSD teachers walk out just before finals
Posted in Education, News, tagged boulder valley school district, bvsd, teacher protest on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t have a dog in this fight, since I graduated high school more than 20 years ago, and I don’t have kids in school. I am a citizen who’s concerned about educational issues though. So I thought I’d weigh in.
I saw this story yesterday that 80 BVSD teachers in Broomfield, CO. had called in [...]
Steve Eves lives the dream
Posted in Math & Science, tagged Saturn V, Steve Eves on May 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Steve Eves launched a 1/10th scale model of the Saturn V rocket on April 25 in a field in Maryland. It was 36 feet tall and weighed 1,600 lbs. It flew to an altitude of about 4,000 ft. and returned safely. Here’s video I found that shows a bit of Steve’s story, and the launch.
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