This week, Mike and Rick discuss teacher residencies, affirmative action, and their newfound relationship with the NEA. We have an interview with a famous international journalist who talks about the American PISA fracas, and Education News of the Weird is like a light swat to the head. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions. To download the show as an mp3 to your computer, click here (no iPod required--this link will play through any music software on your computer, including Windows Media Player or RealPlayer). To subscribe to this podcast, or to get more information about how podcasts work, click here.