New Orleans: Teachers Wanted
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Okay, this is a blog about Silicon Valley but New Orleans is a city dear to my heart because I grew up there. And even 17 months after Hurricane Katrina, they're still trying to rebuild infrastructure.
CNN.com's article Struggling New Orleans Schools Are Having Trouble Finding Teachers details one of the infrastructure problems they have. Now, they're looking for teachers: people who are on a mission to save a city.
By the way, Mardi Gras is coming up on February 20 this year and New Orleans wants to show that it can still throw the best party on the planet with one arm tied behind its back! You won't be disappointed…
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Tickets went on sale for Jazz Fest today. That is another great reason to come down. The line up includes:
Pete Fountain, Dr. John, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Norah Jones, Brad Paisley, Jill Scott, Irma Thomas, Ludacris, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pharoah Sanders, Lucinda Williams, Richie Havens, Calexico, Soulive, Johnny Rivers, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Banda el Recodo, Gillian Welch, T-Bone Burnett, Arturo Sandoval, New Orleans Social Club, Percy Sledge, Mose Allison, Harry Connick Jr., Steely Dan, ZZ Top, John Legend, Allen Toussaint, Counting Crows, New Edition, George Benson, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Allman Brothers Band, Better Than Ezra, Joss Stone, Stephen Marley w/ Damian “Junior Gong” Marley, Taj Mahal, Cowboy Mouth, Branford Marsalis, Dottie Peoples, Tony Joe White, Roy Hargrove, Galactic, The
Good point, Jaime. I didn’t know Counting Crows were going to be there!
Here’s the link to The New Orleans Jazz Fest:
http://www.nojazzfest.com/