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Article: 500 Word Essay on Why I Should Die

When I was in 7th grade, I had an English teacher with black circles under his eyes and an angry, sarcastic sense of humor. You never knew if he was joking or not when he threatened … Continue reading →
Article: Funding our own demise – While believing we’re the smart ones? Ouch

A dark day indeed for the United States of America… the American electorate chose to follow the European Union down the fiscal crapper…and conservatives are either scrambling to figure our what is wrong, pointing fingers OR … Continue reading →
Post: Biden Draws Education Contrasts in Speech to Teachers

In an appearance before the American Federation of Teachers conference in Detroit on Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden told attendees to look at Republicans’ spending plans to see how much Republicans value education. “Don’t tell me you value education and … Continue reading →
Post: Ed. Secretary: Bad economy is not a ‘jobs crisis,’ it’s a ‘skills crisis’

Education Secretary Arne Duncan ascribed at least part of the nation’s ongoing economic weakness to poor education, as he called on state governors to maintain funding for college education. “Do we have a jobs crisis or … Continue reading →
Post: FACT CHECK: Romney Off on Obama’s Love for Unions

When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation’s teachers’ unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything … Continue reading →
Post: I am woman… and I am offended

I am woman, and I’m offended. I am offended that, once again, parties in positions of power have decided to pretend that all women are cut from the same political cloth. I am offended, and alarmed, … Continue reading →
Post: The High Cost of Dumbing Us Down

It now costs over $10,000 a year to “educate,” or brainwash, a child in a public school, whereas it costs about $550 to $1,000 a year to homeschool a child. The taxpayer pays nothing for the … Continue reading →
Post: Obama chides governors for education budget cuts

President Barack Obama told U.S. governors attending a luncheon Monday that they are cutting too much funding for education and need to make reforms while continuing to invest in the future of America’s students. While acknowledging … Continue reading →
Post: ‘A Killing Field for Tax Measures’

You probably won’t be reading much about it, and don’t look for the results to get a lot of airtime on CNN or MSNBC, but Colorado held a referendum on taxes on Tuesday. The tax increasers … Continue reading →
Post: Student Loan Debt: ‘Occupy’ Movement’s Weakest Talking Point

This Chronicle of Higher Education piece on anarchism and its influence on the Occupy Wall Street protests is a pretty interesting read that gets at some of the complexities of a movement that’s obviously much more … Continue reading →