Local Blog Roundup: The importance of being educated

Trying to Change the World... One Blog at a Time picked up on a story that Houstonist wrote about yesterday: three HISD schools that were in jeopardy of being shut down. He raised a lot of the perennial good points about the problems with public education in America and increasing class stratification and questioned the notion that underperforming schools should be shut down. A good, thoughtful post from one of Houstonist's favorite readers and local bloggers.

>> Not exactly an octopus garden: Ringo Starr said he wanted to live in Houston, according to the mikemcguff blog.

>> Noriega v. Morales Round 2: Miya Shay's Political Blog talks about endorsements in the city council runoff.

>> Roller derby pics: Courtesy of the Bald Heretic.

>> It's graduation season: Dos Centavos blogged about a local high school graduation.

If you have a favorite local blog, let us know about it: alexr (at) houstonist (dot) com.