BurningbirdInvited to speak on technology and education, Steve Jobs decides to let loose on teachers unions of all things, as the thing most harmful for schools. Not once does he exhibit any understanding of the differences between unions, teachers associations, and the concept of tenure as a separate entity, he blasts away making the statement about how […]
Lee at Black River News attended the Ameren dispersal of government mandated 5 million dollar fine yesterday, and I’m going to link to a couple of his posts: From the post And the Winners are he writes: Wildlife habitat received no funding. I’ll admit there were very few proposals, but you have to remember that if you […]
According to Melinda Casino, I gather my response to Mary Hodder’s post is a case of my doing a “Cartman”. Since I don’t watch the show, I checked what Wikipedia has to say on this character: Cartman’s personality has notably changed over the course of series. While always self-centered and bigoted, he was portrayed as more […]
The Kansas State Board of Education removed the ‘intelligent design’ propaganda from the state’s school system, but that won’t end the battle. I don’t think people fully understand how rabid some of the fundamentalist are here in the Kansas/Missouri area. It doesn’t matter what the populace wants; it doesn’t matter what the majority believe; it doesn’t even […]