Tag: Education
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Weighing in on Superintendent race (part 2)
I ended the last post with the phrase “the coming LEAN years.” Nothing further from the truth. The last couple of years were lean. This year will brutal, especially for the next State Superintendent of Schools. Our General Assembly and Governor have passed yet another budget that does not take into account any possibility for…
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Keep picking your nose and blaming teachers… it becomes you.
So why is it that teachers are constantly getting the short-end of the stick? Tell me if you can see which way the winds are blowing when it comes to society’s view of teachers. Here is the front page of the U.S. Section of CNN.com. Click on it to see the full-size as it appeared…
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Clayton County Schools Breathe Sigh of Relief
Clayton County certainly is no stranger to negative press when it comes to it’s school system, especially these last few months. Between teachers threatening Soprano-like violence against students, teachers fighting each other over highly public love triangles (exacerbated by Facebook, of all things), to public missteps in its attempt to cover its blemishes by playing…
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Public Education needs something better than this
I listened to a speech by candidate for Governor David Poythress this last Saturday and I was impressed… until he said this: “teacher pay is on par… that is not the problem.” I told his staffer, that ain’t cool. But then I saw this today from about 17 days earlier and I am left wondering…
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A Post-9/11 G.I. Bill Primer
Back in January 2007 in his first act as senator, decorated Vietnam War veteran and former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb, the then-junior senator from Virginia, proposed a massive and desperately needed update to what many have called one of the most important pieces of legislation ever to be enacted into law. Despite initial…