More misc, under a thin veneer.
I've been rowing again: the Boston Marathon.
For fans of short-sellers-are-all-irredeemably-evil brigade, try Bronte.
Our head isn't too impressed with todays announced shake-up of the exam system: my heart sinks at the prospect of even more time spent on debating assessment rather than improving teaching and learning. Pols too keen on "leaving their mark" rather than knuckling down to work. Or indeed, leaving well enough alone.
Two views on Tyler Cowen (who he?)'s piece in the NYT about hunger.
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