Thursday, February 19, 2009

San Francisco




What a beautiful welcome to San Francisco. The rain left just before we came and the sun came out. The streets were full of shoppers, business folks and conference attendees enjoying the sunshine and warm weather.

It is about 8:15 AM and the well organized registration booths are getting active. The General Session will begin at 10:00 this morning with an address by Donna Brazille. Donna will talk about the impact young people had on the recent political changes in Washington.

What's on every one's mind here? Economics and Politics are the buzz topics of the week. What does it all mean for schools? What does the change in national political structures mean for schools? What does economic hardship for the country mean for schools?

One of my professors once defined "politics" as "Competition for scare resources!"

Economics and politics....the hot topics of the conference.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Blog looks great... hope you are enjoying SF while the rest of us are working...

Any thoughts of doing quicker updates thru Twitter or some other social network...

Keep up the good work and travel safely...

Mark Stock said...

Good idea. Thanks for the nudge. I will get on it.