August 24, 2008 – 6:13 am
According to whom? The wrong group of people is responsible for making decisions about our children. Of course it’s supposed to happen - that’s what they’ve planned (even if they didn’t realize it).
In grade four, U.S. students out-perform their international peers in 65 percent of participating countries in math and science. In grade eight that […]
August 23, 2008 – 7:07 am
that’s what I said.
Union misleading public regarding original intent of ProComp
In purely economic terms, it’s hard to understand why the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Public Schools remain at loggerheads as they argue the details of a new contract before a federal mediator.
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The union’s stance is difficult to square with ProComp’s initial objectives.
There’s the […]
August 22, 2008 – 10:49 am
Vince Chowdry has finally resigned from the Jefferson County School Board. If that name is familiar to you, he’s the … person convicted of 3rd degree assault on his daughter. The Jeffco Board of Education asked Vince Chowdhury to resign by July 25th. It only took him a month to realize what was going on […]
August 22, 2008 – 6:45 am
How long do you figure we’ll have to wait to see this movie on video?
IMDB lists release dates for Eastern European countries and Russia only. Meh.
August 18, 2008 – 11:29 am
Dennis Prager lists his beliefs.
The following is a list of beliefs that I hold. Nearly every one of them was a liberal position until the late 1960s. Not one of them is now.
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Finally, I believe that there are millions of Americans who share most of these beliefs who still call themselves “liberal” or “progressive” and […]
August 14, 2008 – 10:29 pm
Four years after Denver teachers ratified a performance-pay system — considered unprecedented by national educators — the much-praised model is at the center of a debate that has led to discord and possibly a strike.
The issue? Surprisingly, its not (entirely) that some teachers aren’t paid enough. It’s that some teachers - first year teachers, […]
August 13, 2008 – 6:29 am
Can we just make a rule that says that someone who doesn’t have the faintest clue about what they’re reporting just not be allowed?
The church has not had a break-in since the 1980s, when a Eucharist was stolen. That item was eventually recovered after an anonymous caller directed the previous head of the church to […]
August 11, 2008 – 6:03 am
Offshore drilling is a hugely important factor in the US becoming energy independent - a fact disputed by few sane people. So naturally, every politician who honestly cares about the US shedding the burden of foreign oil, right? Not so with one Colorado Congressman. Mark Udall has consistently voted against offshore drilling:
(H.R. 2311, RC Vote […]
Mr. Bob has an excellent 2-part series on the challenges his family faced in public school. After realizing the first of their 4 children were not being taught in the Jefferson County Public Schools, they made a change.
The shock we had that day is why three of our other children attended private, or home or […]
Just in time for this Friday’s Olympic opening ceremonies, The Teaching Company has made available two free lectures that present the ancient Greek origins of the Olympics.
Lecture 1 here (MP3 - MP4) and Lecture 2 here (MP3 - MP4).
(HT Open Culture)
August 5, 2008 – 10:28 am
Having trouble keeping up with all the ballot measures this fall? Ballotpedia can help (link is for Colorado, but the site lists all states). Thanks to the Sam Adams Alliance for making it easy.
Peter Toon recently penned an essay on the Anglican church and their slow but certain demise. Where the holy, catholic and apostolic church (singular) met in its entirety during the first thousand years of existence, since then the broken churches meet only amongst themselves. Its no wonder that they allow themselves to get spun so […]
This is a big much to quote entirely, but I’ll do it anyway. Emailed from an uncle:
The Democrat Party has become the Lawyers’ Party. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are lawyers. Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama are lawyers. John Edwards, the other former Democrat candidate for president, is a […]
and a dinosaur ate them.
At the Natural History Museum of LA County, this is a hit. There’s another one here, and the Regis and Kelly appearance here.
