Education reform is tough, complicated business. Read Ravitch’s earlier works for more cogent analysis. In those, she saw the value of reforms she’s now abandoned.
I’ve not watched Waiting for Superman because I can’t bring myself to see it. I’ve heard from too many who have and been emotionally devastated by its story.
NEW YORK TIMES: In New York City last week to give a standing-room-only lecture about his forthcoming intellectual biography, “Reading Obama: Dreams, Hopes, and the American Political Tradition,” Mr. [James T. ] Kloppenberg explained that he sees Mr. Obama as a kind of philosopher president, a rare breed that can be found only a handful […]
I wrote comment #1 and it may be a defeatist attitude; however, I don’t know how anyone with a working knowledge of Lancaster County history over the last 15 years can honestly believe anything else. Do you remember what John Barley did with the dump? How about John Fry and what he did with a […]
by Ralph Nader Published on Friday, October 22, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Here are ten questions for Tea Partiers that they want or do not want to answer. I say it this way because people who call themselves Tea Partiers do not have the same view of politics, government, Big Business or the Constitution. Their opinions […]
From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: With the battle for Harrisburg coming to a frenzied finish, Republicans on Tuesday have a chance to turn back the political clock in Pennsylvania by winning the governorship and taking total command of the legislature. Not since the 2002 election have Republicans held full sway in the Capitol. They could achieve […]
Article “Not making the grade” is super headed “Unhappy parents pull honor students out of a Lancaster school. Officials say concerns about behavior have been addressed, hope demographic changes aren’t driving complaints.”
WATCHDOG: This article about the perennially challenged Wheatland Middle School is an excellent piece of balanced reporting. Unfortunately, the heading “hope demographic changes aren’t driving complaints” is not representative of the thrust of the article and comes across as though the SD of L is blaming the victims.
Visitors to the State Store, euphemistically named “Wine and Spirits Shoppe” at the Hawthorne Center on Fruitville Pike, were greeted by stacks of wine cartons stacked three high ever six to eight feet in the middle of the narrow aisles throughout the entire store. Moving about resembled an obstacle course, and pushing a cart a […]
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: An article by Diane Ravitch entitled “The Myth of Charter Schools” virtually dissects the recently released documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman’” and what remains on the lab table appears to be one huge piece of propaganda.
Comment #1) I am somewhat surprised they did not get every penny they asked for but give them time…it will come through for them in the end. Comment #2) To the writer of Comment #1: Your comment shows a defeatist attitude. What you need to do is to contact JAMES COWHEY, executive director of the […]
AOL NEWS: A handful of McDonald’s employees in northeastern Ohio received handbills in their most recent paychecks suggesting they vote for three Republican candidates. “If the right people are elected we will be able to continue with raises and benefits at or above our present levels,” the insert said. “If others are elected we will […]
Through the 1990’s, up until 2008, I was a Republican. I wasn’t making much money, and wanted to keep as much of it as possible. I believed in lower government spending and lower taxes. And because I believed that the Republicans believed in these things too, I was willing to compromise my social beliefs in […]
An editorial “Able replacement for inept Sturla” states “ Whether it’s a severance tax on natural gas extraction from Macellus shale deposits….Sturla would tax Pennsylvania out of its financial mess…”
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an amazing story. It suggests that there is a moderate wing to the Republican Party in Alaska, and perhaps throughout the nation. It has simply has been stifled or asleep since 2000. Recall that George W. Bush ran as a moderate and then swung to the right. A third survey of […]
This week, the Lancaster County Transportation Coordinating Committee learned that it would not get any of the $31,055,000 in TIGER II federal funds to pay for “improvements” to Harrisburg Pike.
A committee, The TIGER II Stakeholder Task Force, had picked five projects for the TIGER II application, pulled from the list of 32 projects in last year’s unsuccessful TIGER I application.