A few notes:

• John Holland is swimming in the reality of teacher leadership. A must read. [Future of Teaching]
• Chris Lehmann’s tired of us working from a deficit model when it comes to schools. “How do we fix broken schools?” is less of a question and more of a meme. I’ll let him explain. [Practical Theory]
• Money can’t buy you happiness, case #8098234. [Yahoo!]
• Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer ever. Here’s the art and science of his pitching accompanied by a great feature on him. Very zen-like. [NY Times]
• Now that we’ve seen the precipitous fall of Avatar the Last Airbender movie, here’s a much better analysis of my feelings about the movie. And yes, I was a huge fan before this calamity. [Floating World]
• Not that Bill Simmons needs more hits, but this is a well-written article based on the events leading up to the LeBronocalypse. Freakin’ awesome. [ESPN]