The headline for a press release from Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire's office: "NGA, CCSSO, NASBE officials to offer briefing on NCLB recommendations." Translation? (Hat Tip: Jim Hagengruber)

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Our own Family Phil/A Family Runs Through It is one of the nominees for the annual Homeschool Blog Awards (Proudly bringing you homeschooling's best bloggers). You can read all about it here. And you can vote for Family Phil as the Best Homeschool Dad Blog here.
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*Former colleague Susan Drumheller, who turned in her notebook for a gig as North Idaho coordinator for the Idaho Conservation League, sent along a link to a column she wrote for the Bonner County Bee here. And a nice note: "As you can see, I still aspire to one day be an editorial writer."
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*Colleague Taryn Brodwater reported Saturday: "I seriously have never seen a last name as long as the one in the press release below: Wael Morkosnakadamorkos. 18 letters - darn near the entire alphabet." (Morkosnakadamorkos suffered a head injury and was transported to a Boise hospital after his disabled vehicle was struck on I84, near the Ada/Canyon County line. The ISP made the report.)
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