Platinum Links: I really hate teacher tenure edition

1. Missouri has what appears to be a really great program for rehabilitating juvenile criminals. Very platinum indeed.

2. An incredibly good, long, article on the American health care system. Probably the only sensible piece of writing I've read about health care (on either side) since the new push began. Highly recommended. (HT: Jstor)

3. An incredibly good, long, article on teacher tenure in New York City. It really is hard not to get angry at the individuals who advocate for a system that pays people over $100,000 a year to sit in a room and not teach and then requires approximately $400,000 in legal wrangling to maybe remove that teacher. For people that don't understand what the phrase "opportunity costs" means, this is a very good example. Every dollar spent on a teacher in a rubber room or paying for the lawyers is a dollar that doesn't pay for all the nice things people like in schools. Obviously, choices have already been made.

4. Tech support cheat sheet. Joyce/Allen - this is what I do every time you ask me a computer question. No joke. (HT: Ellie O.)