Tag: poverty
All Education Eyes on January
During the last 10 months, the public had opportunities to contribute their thoughts, ideas, feedback, and criticisms of the plan or any part thereof. Public comment ran the gamut from helpful feedback to downright racist criticism. In my observation, the comments that tended to align closer to the racist end of the spectrum were elicited when meetings were held in suburban locations. The more supportive comments, while also showing in the suburbs, really came to the forefront in the meetings’ city locations.
Remedies for the Classroom
Often times when discussing education in Delaware, the conversation quickly turns to funding and resources which evokes a bristly response from residents and tax payers. We spend a LOT of money on our schools yet stories like the one Diane Ravitch shares here are every day occurrences up and down Delaware and all across the country.
Comment Rescue: Dorian Gray, Education And The Uncomfortable Truth
I keep going back to Dorian’s comment on my Education post. Here is what he said:
Newt’s Got A Kid Problem
So Newt thinks that poor kids only know how to rob and steal. The asshat from Georgia thinks he’s a celebrity because some idiot is willing to pay $60K to hear him bloviate. And anyone who’s been around since he first took office back in the 80’s knows he has a huge ego. As Jonathan […]
