Tag Archives: education reform

It’s been a long time coming but I’m ready to blog again, so here is my State of the Union address

I haven’t stopped reading all the news and sending out my links and comments to others, I just haven’t had time for putting down my thoughts in blog form. So, a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Now to … Continue reading

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Links and Comments of Tuesday, June 18

This will be our greatest invasion of privacy, from Mother Jones: via Gateway Pundit: Immigration Bill Will Create National Database on Every Adult in US BREAKING: 41 Conservative Groups Have Now Signed On to Lawsuit Against IRS (Video Feds Raid Virginia … Continue reading

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Education in Texas is in jeopardy, It’s probably not just CSCOPE and its differently named equivalents

It is a whole system of symptoms that keep our children from getting a real education. We have seen a lot, at least on the right wing side of the world, on CSCOPE, Safari, Agenda 21, Common core and there … Continue reading

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Clear, Blue Sky (a rare day of clarity) links and comments

It pains me that for many years I paid scant attention to what was happening in our country.  I became more conservative as I was growing older but I did little to promote it to others.  It was the Carter administration that … Continue reading

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Sunday Nov. 18 links and comments

Put the blame where it should be. Libertarians who didn’t vote for Republicans turned the election. Gee thanks, purists. We could have at least won the senate. Libertarians provided the margin for Democrats in at least nine elections Are Journalists Paying … Continue reading

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Something about this headline caught my eye, you see, it’s about education

We’ve Added Feathers and it Still Won’t Fly?!? Well in the first place when you see it’s about education, you’ve just got to read it.  And then when you read the first two paragraphs they have you hooked. Posted by … Continue reading

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Parents and custodial help at schools

I read Betsy’s Page on a regular basis.  Usually she is linking to the same things I have seen; today she found at least one thing I missed.  Remember when Newt Gingrich got in trouble for suggesting children be hired … Continue reading

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Good news in education, a dedicated superintendent/teacher

I found this on the Drudge Report and it really needs to be posted on blogs, facebook, emails and told by word of mouth. It is  an AP story from Yahoo news. School superintendent gives up $800k in pay FRESNO, … Continue reading

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A Noted Meteorologist on the fall of the American Meteorological Association

My husband is a marine biologist and has been very concerned about the state of his chosen field.  This is from Watts Up with That.  It shows it is not only in the marine sciences but it is a symptom … Continue reading

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Good Teachers equal good education

That is a statement that truly should go without saying. But just this morning I read a piece that showed a poll blaming parents for childrens bad education. I have had many discussions with people who say teaching to the … Continue reading

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