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October 1st, 2012 - 10:49 am § in Uncategorized

Western Governers, Faux Universities and Election 2012

THE Ave hopes you will not ignore the relevance of BOTH parties to the effort to replace high quality AMERICAN education with one another sort of low quality … good enout for the masses alternative .. Western Governors is a great example. Read this article from Bloomberg (my amendments are in [...]

October 1st, 2012 - 4:13 am § in Misc.

ROMNEYISMS: Mitt the freeloader, aking money off of his taxes

Mitt Romney’s 2011 tax retyrn is brilliant.  It show how the ultr wealthy can make oney out of paying taxes. The issue is money Mitt earned by Bain outsourcing jobs from a company called Sensata.  By moving 200 jobs to China, Bain created new stock value for stocks Mitt reported as having NO[...]

August 31st, 2012 - 12:29 pm § in Uncategorized

Fire Commander in Chief Romney Flies In to New Orleans

With the suspense of the Republican campaign done, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney  scheduled a last-minute visit Friday to Lafitte, La., to ltour damage with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. In Louisiana, Romney will thank emergency first responders for their work. Mr. Romney may want to r[...]

May 20th, 2012 - 1:21 pm § in America

A Republican Views Romney’s High School Attack as Kid Stuff

    Bully by pudge, Sound Politics I read a brief summary of the account of Romney’s “disturbing” bullying incident. It didn’t sound like anything worth mentioning to me. So I heard people talking about how terrible it was, so I went back and read the more complete [...]

April 20th, 2011 - 12:56 pm § in America, Hypocrisy

the state has 440 high schools and only 88 certified physics teachers. We are not going to be able to get a certified physics teacher in every one of those other high schools. But what we can do through technology is bring in high quality physics content. We combine that with an effective teacher in the classroom to maximum student outcome

No money?  No problem, a wave or wiggle of a magic mouse and the problem is solved! The Washington Post reports on the National Summit on Education Reform, an annual convention hosted by former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Bush is not alone in this effort. The [...]

April 18th, 2011 - 3:20 am § in Schools & Colleges

Are All Kids Equal?

Do private schools have the right to choose the kids that they want to serve? This issue is very important in countries like India where getting into the “right” private school may be critical to a child’s future. The lessons for debt plagued Americs should be obvious: from The Hin[...]

December 4th, 2010 - 11:25 am § in Schools & Colleges

Condoleezza Rice: Are the Dreams of American Education Coming to an End?

Condoleezza Rice on what is happening to education in the US: “Today, I’m concerned about this [inequality] when I can look at the zip code and tell whether or not you’re going to get a good education. This is terrifying,” ……“As an educator, it’s the lost potential, as a R[...]