Tag Archives: Education

If money were no object, here is what I would gift to you #letsblogoff

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First, I would buy health care for everyone who was willing to take care of themselves. If you don’t have health, you have nothing. Then I would buy an education for everyone willing to learn. Educated people influence others around … Continue reading

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One thing to consider on education reform

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This has been education week on the cable news and talk shows and in true fashion, they have blasted out all sorts of opinions from tons of experts in the education field who purport to know better about how to … Continue reading

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How to look clueless on Twitter in three easy steps

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Recently, one of the folks I follow sent out a tweet about a teacher who is selling sponsorship on the bottom of his test. The tweet went like: I am in advertising, but even I think this is a bad … Continue reading

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Put the smart guys in charge, please

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Susan Suess Kennedy wrote an article recently for the Huffington Post examining why Americans have such a disdain for smart people. A popular terms among the non-intellectuals and shallow thinkers is “elistism.” The undereducated white guys chant this, along with … Continue reading

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Northmont hires a leader?

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I was reading the Englewood Independent yesterday and a sidebar article caught my eye. Northmont has hired a new superintendent, Douglas Lantz, formerly the superintendent from Franklin City Schools. Great! New blood, fresh leadership, a focus on building the human … Continue reading

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Appeasing the under-educated white guy

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Since Hillary’s win in North Carolina last Tuesday, the “news cycle” has been all about how Barack Obama is going to get the “under-educated, white man” vote. After watching news story after news story on this, a very large question … Continue reading

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Laissez Faire

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David Boaz with the Cato Institute wrote an article for the WSJ on Starbucks and their personalized card, where they rejected the term “laissez-faire” You can read it here. Mr. Boaz launches into a complicated argument about why, etc. and … Continue reading

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