Quotable:
"Why would you sign a memorandum of understanding with a country that's so far behind us on average results and on dealing with low socio-economic students and minority students?"
-Trevor Cobbold, spokesman for Save Our Schools, an Aussie public education advocacy group
"Australia, US in school deal"
Notable:
18:
Duration, in hours, of a Washington, DC City Council hearing on recent teacher layoffs in the District.?? Almost all of the attendees spoke out against the layoffs.