The World Around You

Interesting job opportunity in Indiana,

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to listen for the love songs of lonely amphibians.

The annual monitoring program is part of a nationwide program tracking amphibian populations, which have been declining worldwide since the 1980s. Amphibians are considered a barometer of the Earth’s health because they are so sensitive to environmental changes.

The No Child Left Behind Act is being left behind by some school systems,

A small but growing number of school systems around the country are beginning to resist the demands of President Bush’s signature education law, saying its efforts to raise student achievement are too costly and too cumbersome.

I am back from my brief vacation. I hope I have been missed. Today it’s back to the grind.