Archive for December, 2010
Does anyone else think that these might be related?
Hoodlums – Ta-Nehisi Coates – National – The Atlantic There are roughly 2.3 million people in jails and prisons in America, more than any country in the world. The United States has 756 people in jail per 100,000 people. No other country has more than 700, and only two are over 600 Russia (629) and [...]
Why we homeschool
Although people homeschooling for religious reasons tend to make the news, there’s a large group who homeschool because of the following including me: Julie Woestehoff: Educational Accountability Doesn’t Have A Time Limits I have a big gripe with the misuse and overuse of time in “education accountability.” I don’t like:timed tests, the artificial “year” during [...]
Illegal doesn’t mean not a taxpayer
An educated guess on Texas students in the U.S. illegally | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News Taxpayers, school districts and the state are entitled to know the number, some argue, because they bear the brunt of the costs. How do we pay for public schools in Texas? Let’s see, [...]
If only they were in Texas, they would have succeeded
I’m sure this will give the Texas SBOE ideas–I would expect them to ban state approved list the book without even checking to see if it’s being used. Parents outraged over finance class reading – Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Taylor and his wife Aimee became upset when they learned that their son had been assigned [...]