Ed. This is an excellent follow up to last Saturday’s Townhall meetings …. All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org Imagine winning an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland and then getting there only to find that half the rides have been closed. Last Wednesday, the[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Public Schools’
March 14th, 2011 - 1:58 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
ATHLETICS: Players Sellin’ Their Stuff.
from The Lantern Ed. Ohio States coach has condoned players making a bucks on the side by selling OSU stuff as memorabilia. The AVE is shocked, shocked! from the OSU paper: The NCAA shouldn’t suspend Jim Tressel , … fine him more than $250,000 dollars. (or) bar him from spring pr[...]
UW Students and Faculty at Town Hall
As promised, this Saturday I attended the 43 rd District Townhall along with Senator Ed Murry, House Speaker Frank Chopp, and Rep. Jamie Pedersen. AND .. a lot of people! AND … a big show by UW students and faculty, led by Prof. of Astronomy Bruce Balick and students from BARK. The pre[...]
March 12th, 2011 - 9:37 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Jesuit Bankruptcy, a threat to Seattle University and Gonzaga University?
from God experts A week ago, 37 lawsuits totaling about $3.1 million were filed in a Portland, Oregon bankruptcy court against organizations affiliated with the Jesuit province covering the northwestern United States. Two years earlier, that province had filed for bankruptcy, claiming assets of appr[...]
March 11th, 2011 - 10:48 am § in Schools & Colleges
Washington Students Call on University President to Step Down Because of His Excess Expenditures,
Washington Post: Student leaders at the University of the District of Columbia called for the resignation of President Allen Sessoms on Monday in a noon protest, alleging that the administrator has spent lavishly on himself while raising tuition and cutting programs at Washington’s public univ[...]
An Open Letter from WI Senator Chris Larson
This is Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson -- and today, I'm heading home to Wisconsin to join the fight in person. The last three weeks have shown what progressive strength and worker solidarity look like. My fellow senators and I know that thousands of PCCC members in Wisconsin and across the[...]
March 9th, 2011 - 12:36 pm § in UW
UW cuts may hit Evans School of Public Affairs
Ed. Now we know. Cuts to the UW will not come from athletics or from the ability to mass produce degree bearing graduates. Cuts will come from areas of excellence. The saddest thing about this is that Senator Evans, as a Regent supported the decision of the UW to borrow nearly a quarter billion [...]
March 7th, 2011 - 12:13 pm § in Schools & Colleges
HUMOR: Western Governor’s University is FUNNY
This is too good to be true. Two for the price of one! Well free is free! The video is a hilarious parody of the goings on in Wisconsin … BUT the opening ad in the video is from “Western Governor’s University ” … a rather shameless effort by several sates to offer c[...]
March 5th, 2011 - 11:10 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Seattle Meeting, Support for Higher Ed. Monday Evening, Cleveland High
Keeping the Promise for Higher Education – a Community Conversation Monday, March 7, 2011 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Cleveland High School to make your voice heard. Leading this conversation: KING 5’s Lori Matsukawa Brad Smith, Microsoft Ed Taylor, Un[...]
March 3rd, 2011 - 4:29 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Who Elected Bill Gates?
Gary Stager Teacher educator, education journalist, speaker, school reformer, university professor Posted AT HUFF POST : March 1, 2011 02:17 PM It’s sad to watch a once smart and talented man go mad right before our eyes. There needs to be an intervention for Bill Gates. I fear that he has tak[...]