Newbie blogger Charles Barone annotates (eviscerates?) a Mike Smith-Bruce Fuller op-ed (Smith & Fuller Automatic Revolver). Joanne Jacobs passes us a secret note that there’s a girl’s version of The Dangerous Book For Boys out (The girly book for girls). I’m not sure she’s a fan of either. TeacherKen says that Barack Obama’s education plan is ok (Decent, not spectacular), which is probably as much as Obama can ask for. Make Mike Goldstein happy and watch this ABC News segment on his charter school in Boston (via Eduwonk). From the picture, it looks like they make the teachers work in the cafeteria, too. Excellent. Meanwhile, Yale undergrad Zach Marks ambushes NCLB on the Huffington Post. The arguments are pretty basic, but I’m jealous of his comments (14!). My screed against Wendy Kopp has zero. Want a cute story? Check out Web-Logged’s Will Richardson: How to Fix a Monarch Butterfly’s Wing (and Other Random Tales).