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Posts Tagged ‘Public Schools’
January 26th, 2014 - 11:33 am § in Misc.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Great place for rich white folks to avoid taxes!
January 9th, 2014 - 1:19 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Beyond the Rainbow: In Memory of Dee Dee
we noticed an enormous rainbow forming to the north b, arching through half the sky, immense and intense. It thrilled us by persisting, without fading appreciably, for more than 15 minutes, sometimes supplemented by a parallel second rainbow more faintly trying to appear. When it eventually dissolve[...]
December 4th, 2013 - 11:50 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Ignorance of what the politicians do is no excuse!
How many of us pay attention to the politician’s moves BEFORE they impact us. Politico has a very important piece on the two new people appointed by the Dept of Education to oversee higher education. Neither Ted Mitchell, nominee for undersecretary of education, nor the administration’[...]
BREAKING NEWS:The Democrats and Teachers Union Push Court to Rule For Class Based Schools
The AP reports that a King County Superior Court judge is scheduled to hear oral arguments today over the constitutionality of Washington’s new charter school law. The case is being brought by the teachers unions acting with “coalition of parents, educators and community groups.” W[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Gary Locke Resigns
Washington State’s Former Governor, The US ambassador to China, resigns The U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, whose term began in August 2011, said on Wednesday he will step down from his role early next year for personal reasons. He was the first Chinese-American to take the role. Mr. Lo[...]
October 20th, 2013 - 3:31 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The Role of Poverty in The School Board Election
OF COURSE poverty is the problem, but that is all the more reason for charter schools. The tragedy of this years’ Seattle School Board election illustrates the fallacy of those who oppose charter schools. In my District, District 5, we had three candidates. None of these had the credenti[...]
Hypocrisy
Jeb Bush rips Matt Damon for sending his kids to private school Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Wednesday criticized actor Matt Damon, a vocal public-school advocate, for sending his children to private school. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/316005-jeb-bush-rips-matt[...]
September 30th, 2013 - 4:46 am § in Misc.
College Closes When Students Strike Over Tuition
Tororo College closed over students’ strike Students were given two hours to vacate the school premises. PHOTO/Faustine St. Peter’s College Tororo has been indefinitely closed following unrest by students protesting a planned tuition fees increment by the school administration. READMORE[...]
HAVE YOU VOTED? A recommendation FOR the School Board
HAVE YOU SENT IN THAT BALLOT YET? DID YOU BOTHER TO VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD? The Seattle School Board is a mess. Lousy leadership is what you get when you create an unpaid board and give it too much power. Even worse is our two phase “non partisan” election where we vote for a [&he[...]
Nov 7 Norm Rice Elected Mayor of Seattle
Rice wins election as Seattle’s first African American mayor on November 7, 1989. | We voted for Norm . The thing that is so hard to remember now is that the issues surrounding him were not race but conservatism. In that era, conservatives might be republicans and some wonder[...]