Archive for October, 2006
Leo’s Letter and why she lost
Terri Leo has a nice commentary in the San Antonio Express News explaining how the press got it wrong concerning Attorney General Abbott’s recent opinion regarding the SBOE and textbook selection. She argues that the opinion over-rules the Morales’ opinion and simply reinstates the authority the legislature had intended for the SBOE all along. MySA.com: [...]
Register to vote!
Today is the last day to register to vote for the Texas November elections. You can get information on where to get your registration form locally at the Secretary of State website. You find out which districts you are in at Who Represents Me. You can find out who is running for various state positions [...]
Good news for Kerrville
Kerrville Daily Times: The Texas Education Agency has reversed an earlier rating and given an “academically acceptable” rating to Tivy High School and the Kerrville Independent School District, according to a KISD news release. This was a case of counting students who were assigned to Tivy High School because they were housed at the Kerr [...]
Either Or
EITHER Syndey McGee is a champion of the arts and the Frisco school district composed of neanderthals seeking only to please a culturally repressed parent OR Frisco ISD has been unfairly and unwarrantably attacked by a sensationalist press manipulated by an incompetent educator interested only in preserving her job. Sorry, while there are plenty of [...]
Mind-boggling
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Wis. Lawmaker Urges Arming Teachers: MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A state lawmaker, worried about a recent string of deadly school shootings, suggested arming teachers, principals and other school personnel as a safety measure and a deterrent.It might not be politically correct, but it has worked effectively in other countries, [...]
Creating a perfect storm
Congratulations to the Dallas Morning News for finally presenting “the other side” of the McGee story. Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Collin County Education: McKinney ISD in 1998 to end her employment as a second grade teacher at Glen Oaks Elementary School. Under the arrangement, Ms. McGee received a positive recommendation [...]
School choice isn’t the same as text book choice
Texas School Finance System Unconstitutional – by Connie Sadowski – The Heartland Institute: “I was pleased that the Supreme Court did not rule our schools were inadequately funded,” said Don McLeroy, a member of the State Board of Education’s Finance Committee. “Adequacy is a highly subjective assessment. The best way to judge an adequate education [...]
McGee will show hers if Lawson will
Frisco district wants to open art teacher’s personnel file: FRISCO — The Frisco school district wants to open an art teacher’s personnel file to the public to defend itself against her claim that she was reprimanded for allowing a fifth-grade student to see nude art. Frisco district wants to open art teacher’s personnel file: Superintendent [...]
Carnival of homeschooling is up
Carnival of homeschooling: Carnival of Homeschooling 40 Goes Retro Belive it or not, it’s the 40th Carnival of Homeschooling! That’s as good a reason as any to revisit circa 1940 with a retro-art theme.
Your Texas State Board of Education: Don McLeroy
District 9 of the Texas State Board of Education is represented by Don McLeroy of Bryan, Texas. Apparently, McLeroy doesn’t like to let little things like facts get in his way. Recently, he was one of the board members advocating changing Texas English , Reading, and Writing standards. Texas Ed: Comments on Education from Texas: [...]