Thomas J. West Music

In this episode: Live from standardized testing proctoring "on the road" for a cyber charter school; heartfelt support for the victims of the Japan quake and tsunami; the forced bill vote in Wisconsin removing public sector union collective bargaining rights; Pennsylvania House Bill 855 suspends teacher pay for "economic reasons"; PA Governor Tom Corbett's proposed budget slashes public education and higher education; encouraging words from a school superintendant about the arts; the lack of awareness of many teachers important issues that will impact their job; Music In Our Schools Month and #musedchat; ViaAcademies A Teacher in Every State initiative; Seth Godin's Poke the Box and his new publishing venture "The Domino Effect".

Book mentioned in this podcast:

Seth Godin's new book Poke the Box was published just 15 days ago and is already #46 on the Amazon best-seller list. After reading his last book, Linchpin, and following Godin's blog, I highly recommend his book if you want to figure out how to make a living in this post-industrial era of online networking. Pick up a copy here.

Music featured in this podcast: Blues for Mike for saxophone trio. Visit the compositions page to download a free mp3, pdf scores, and republishing rights for this piece.