Last night I listened to a teacher complain to a panel of state representatives . “Eric” asked: “why the legislature continually adds more requirements and duties to teachers while simultaneously cutting our pay. Other state employees who have had their pay cut are receiving comp[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
December 29th, 2010 - 11:26 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Third World America, II
see also Part I: going to school on a Native American Reservation. Robert Reich’s summary of the woes of our declining education system seems almost a continuation of the story in Part 1 of a young American trying to get an education under the third world standards of life on an Indian reserva[...]
December 28th, 2010 - 12:01 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Cut the loopholes, fund REAL needs.
Washington’s ref 1098, a surtax on the very wealthy, succumbed to an effort to paint it as tax increase. Now State Rep. Larry Seaquist (D-Gig Harbor) is offering a very clever alternative: ask the voters to fund real needs by eliminating nonproductive tax preferences, loopholes. David Go[...]
UW seen from conservative eyes.
The University of Washington By Michael J. Thompson, on Aug 14, 2010 The UW is seen by many on the right as a frivolity, a place where elitist profs teach meaningless courses. This post is part of a more serious consideration by CampusReform.org, Their guide to the nation’s top 100 colle[...]
Ardipithecus and the research university
from the Berkeley Blog Kevin Padian, professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology at Berkeley (and a cousin of mine) has previoulsy spoken out against the farce of intelligent design, earning him an ironic comparison to Archie Bunker (click on image). His post in the Berkeley Blog addresses a [...]
UW Alums Lobby for The UDub.
UW alumni have formed a PAC, UW Impact, to promote the UDub in Olympia and across the State. The cast is impressive, Chris Vance a high profile Republican, joins Christian Sinderman, neither a UW grad, will be paid lobbyists. This may be good news. The challenge UW Impact faces is huge. Financia[...]
December 20th, 2010 - 9:06 am § in Politics
How Do The Swedes Do It?
The net worth of Swedish households grew by 244 billion kronor ($35.58 billion) to 7.26 trillion kronor in the third quarter, the measure’s highest nominal level ever, according to a new SEB study. The lesson for the UW and Washington State is that Sweden, a country the size of WAstate, is com[...]
December 18th, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
From the UK to UC, Same Bad News
The University of California Regents are voting on a plan for more out-of-state students, fully online classes and three-year undergraduate degrees. A Berkeley Prof Comments: From Berkeley Blog Rosemary Joyce, anthropology prof | 12/9/10 I am writing this blog post from London, where today, studen[...]
Not so “shared governance” at WSU?
Washington State U. Defies AAUP Chapter With Budget Cuts December 17, 2010, 2:45 pm Washington State University officials have moved ahead with $13.5-million in budget cuts over the objections of that institution’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which protested that [...]
ANIMAL FARM, Congress Style
As government employees, we are all quite aware of NOT using government reources. How it it them that a Congressman’s son was caught using OUR federal Cadillac Escalade? Can a UW profs get a car too? Or at least a Vespa? The story is about John Conyer’s son. The Detroit Free Pr[...]