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Yes, it is all about the children

December 22, 2024July 20, 2006 Skip

Red State has a little something that shows what the NEA is doing to enhance the education of our children: Thanks to Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal, who noted in the Political Diary last Friday the NEA’s Legislative Program for the next (110th) Congress. As we noted a few days ago, according to … Read more

Here’s the difference

December 22, 2024July 20, 2006 Skip

Sure, I can pile on! From CNN this morning, the Bush Administration announces a new push for school vouchers: Congressional Republicans on Tuesday proposed a $100 million plan to let poor children leave struggling schools and attend private schools at public expense. Face it, there are schools, mostly in poor areas (or simply poorly managed … Read more

An example where money does not equal quality

December 31, 2024July 13, 2006 Skip

I saw this over at Betsy’s Page a couple of days ago – I just didn’t have the time to really review it then. I urge you to read it in its entirety as it shows examples of why just throwing money at a problem isn’t going to solve it. Continuing on with the current state of affairs, procedures, and staffing isn’t going to solve these quality problems either.

I have to admit – I may be taking our Education establishment to task here in my town of Gilford, but when I look at the amounts of money and the lack of results, putting things into context says Gilford ain’t so bad (but I will continue to "task" Gilford to reach for excellence).

All these parents is what they feel is best for their kids – a good education. They want the control back from the school system – they want institutions that can be held accountable.

Clint Bolick writes in the Wall Street Journal (subscription req’d) about a suit being filed in Newark, NJ seeking to give 60,000 students trapped in failing schools by giving their parents the money to transfer their children out of the horrible schools to attend schools of their choice.

Seeking to vindicate the state constitutional guarantee of a "thorough and efficient" education, the plaintiffs in Crawford v. Davy ask that children be allowed to leave public schools where fewer than half of the students pass the state math and language literacy assessments that measure educational proficiency; and that the parents of these children be permitted to take the pro rata share of the public money spent on their children, to seek better opportunities in other public or private schools. Supporting the families are three prominent New Jersey groups: the Black Ministers Council, the Latino Leadership Alliance, and Excellent Education for Everyone.

Sounds like groups that care more about students’ education than the public school teachers’ union.

Sounds familiar, right?

Economics training in our schools

September 26, 2018July 13, 2006 KenG

From The American Spectator: We Don’t Teach Economics in Our Schools – Friday, June 16, 2006 @ 5:20:51 PM The School Board in Stoneham, Massachusetts decided to pay for health insurance of school cafeteria workers by raising the price of school lunches from $2.00 to $2.75. The result: In an apparent … Read more

Need, want, or braggadocio?

December 31, 2024July 12, 2006 Skip

UPDATE 2: That there’s funny One man’s take on the issue. ========================== UPDATE 1: It was pointed out to me that my dimensions for the football field were off. Ed Engler at the Laconia Daily Sun has pointed out that "a regulation football field is 360-ft. X 160-ft.. . .a total of 57,600 square feet. … Read more

I thought teaching meant education

December 31, 2024July 12, 2006 Skip

I’d really rather not concentrate on the education establishment, I really don’t. However, when they keep putting themselves up front and into the news, what else can I do? A lot of talk shows and blog sites talk often about the "dumbing down of America". We older folks see it in the younger generation. Heck, … Read more

The Math Wars

September 26, 2018June 28, 2006 KenG

There is a war raging all around us. It is a global war. It is a war that the United States cannot afford to lose. No one has died in this war, and no one is likely to. But there are casualties. Their injuries are not physical; they are mental. And the suffering is life-long. I’m not referring to the Global War on Terror or the War on Drugs. I’m talking about the Math War.

While the United States is, militarily, the world’s only superpower, we are, mathematically, merely a second-rate power, and losing ground every year. In the Math War, the superpowers are Singapore, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Belgium. In assessment after assessment, those countries prove that their weapons – in this case, mathematically-competent 4^th, 8^th,and 12^th graders – are more accurate and advanced than our own. Their strategies are more focused. Their national resolve is stronger.

What Did You Learn Today, Kids?

September 26, 2018June 6, 2006 Doug

There is no end to the meaningless pap dished out in the government school systems under the guise of "education." Click here to read the latest installment from over in the Newfound School District.