Quotable:
"I don't believe that charters and vouchers are the threat to schools in Orange County. What's a threat is the digital world - that someone's going to put together brilliant $200 courses in French, in geometry by the best teachers in the world." -- William M. Habermehl, Superintendant of Orange County, California
NYT: In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History
Notable:
2000: Number of students in Hartford, CT who will not have bus rides to school this fall due to school district budget cuts.