After defunding Arizona’s schools for years, Republicans are now complaining because their students don’t know anything. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/arizona-becomes-first-state-to-pass-law-requiring-students-to-pass-civics-test/ Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill today ordering Arizona stude[...]
Archive for January 16th, 2015
January 16th, 2015 - 9:41 am § in Uncategorized
The New Antisemitism
Mirel Goldberg, FACEBOOK We must make the true diagnosis: there’s an anti-Semitism people call historical, going back many centuries, but above all there’s this new anti-Semitism born in our neighbourhoods against the backdrop of the Internet, satellite dishes, abject poverty and hatred of the S[...]
January 16th, 2015 - 5:02 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Has the GED been made impossible to pass?
Two authors describe a test of high school trivia that may have little to do with preparation for real world jobs. Could the Obama plan for Community College fail because scaling up job training is too easily replaced with a false attention to certificates? While the President is proposing[...]
Vote for Peace in Israel and Palestine
OR: GO HERE TO READ Facebook discussions about this movement.[...]
January 16th, 2015 - 12:59 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATION: When it started to rain
Some Christians claim that there was no rain before the Flood. Many of them make this statement quite dogmatically as if it were obvious from a reading of the biblical text. However, a close examination of Scripture does not bear this out. from ANSWERSINGENESIS[...]
January 16th, 2015 - 12:30 am § in Misc.
NY’s rebel cops face public backlash
It appears that New York’s pushy police unions and rebellious cops have overplayed their hand. Overwhelmingly, the public is behind the mayor, not them. Attacks by the New York City police unions on Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) may have backfired. New York City voters across racial lines disappro[...]