Daniel J. Evans was an old-fashioned Republican, who personified the ideal of what a politician should be. Born in 1925, he had a glowing resume. Descended from a politically prominent family that migrated to the Washington Territory before the Civil War, he grew up in Seattle, was an Eagle Scout, [...]
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September 19th, 2024 - 3:52 pm § in Schools & Colleges
How to write a college admission essay
I don’t know why this Vox article (read it here) is even necessary, given that colleges are scrambling to recruit students amid enrollment declines, a situation that will only worsen in coming years (see article here). But for what it’s worth, it explains what college admissions officers[...]
September 19th, 2024 - 11:32 am § in Schools & Colleges
Seattle’s tone-deaf school board
Seattle Public Schools, faced with a budget crisis, are weighing closing schools including the district’s only K-8 deaf program. Supposedly the public has an opportunity to respond to such proposals. But at a school board meeting on September 18, 2024, that was heavily attended by deaf familie[...]
September 11th, 2024 - 2:56 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges
Ma’am, your son is a monster
The parents of Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, who killed 4 people and wounded 7 others, aren’t pillars of the community; but at least his mother, Marcee Gray, tried to warn the school about her son, and now she’s apologizing for what he did. “To the parents and families of those aff[...]
Republicans can’t spell
I find a lot of typos in news stories, too, now that the media’s business model has been upended and they can’t afford copyeditors anymore; but this is different, these are spelling errors, not typos. But let’s face it, it’s not only Republicans, but literacy in general that&[...]
Back to school (video)
This “student” probably was looking for something edible. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
2024’s worst candidate
This isn’t an easy call to make, because there’s so many to choose from, but I’m going with Michele Morrow (photo, left; profile here), who won an upset primary victory in North Carolina’s Superintendent of Public Instruction race. That state’s GOP candidate for governo[...]
August 23rd, 2024 - 2:16 am § in Schools & Colleges
Why Minnesota schools have “never been this bad”
A frustrated teacher talks about out-of-control kids. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 23rd, 2024 - 1:41 am § in Schools & Colleges
Why teachers are quitting in Texas
This video is about a year old, and closer in time to the pandemic, which brought unique stresses. But the problems that drove these teachers out of their teaching careers are long term: Low pay, high stress, heavy workloads, disengaged parents, and violent kids, among other things. Return to The-Av[...]
Is Alabama’s new school segregation scheme illegal?
In March 2024, Alabama’s governor signed a bill authorizing state-funded school vouchers for students attending private schools (see story here). The funding mechanism is complicated, and intentionally so. Instead of directly paying tuition at private schools, or giving tuition vouchers to par[...]