Saturday, February 24, 2007

Apple CEO lambasts teacher unions.

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Our friend Pete the Finance Guy forwarded us the following information. A similar article can also be found on the Star-Telegram website. T...
Friday, February 23, 2007

SB 541 Lowers Comupulsory Attendance Age

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The following piece was sent to us by the Home School Legal Defense Association. Please contact your legislators and tell them to vote n...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

School Board Elections

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The following letter to the editor appeared in the "> Northwest Herald. To the Editor: I’d like to remind everyone that there are e...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Butt out, government

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The following letter to the editor appeared in the Northwest Herald. Butt out, government To the Editor: State Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicag...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

U-46 Super's pay far outpaces peers across the nation

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The following piece appeared in the Daily Herald. This article points out very well one of the major problems that plagues our public edu...
Monday, February 19, 2007

Time to write or call your legislators and tell them to vote no on SB541

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The following post is from our from Dave Ziffer. February 19, 2007 State Senator Kwame Raoul 1013 E. 53rd St., Second Floor Chicago, IL 60...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Thank you District 50 Board Members

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The Northwest Herald is reporting that only two school districts in McHenry County are running referenda. The two districts that are ru...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

A’ for initial assessment:

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The following editorial is from the Daily Herald. It would be great if Gov. Blago would appoint the same time of person for the State Bo...
Friday, February 16, 2007

A new twist in ballot battle

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The following piece appeared in the Daily Herald. Our guess is that the district's electoral board will throw these two candidates of...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Comments on our Blog and Labels

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Dear Friends and Readers, For some reason the settings on our Blog were accidently changed. Comments were set to be moderated. I have sinc...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

NEA vs. America's Future

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Ms. Zettler's posts on the Northwest Herald website reminded me of the following article in the World Net Daily. When U.S. Secretary...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Tax swap will shortchange

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The following editorial appeared in the Northwest Herald. After years of endorsing referenda we hear the following from the Northwest He...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Utah lawmakers OK vouchers for all public school kids

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The following piece appears on the CNN website. Utah lawmakers OK vouchers for all public school kids SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A divid...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Watch your pocketbooks - Coalition offers plan to raise taxes to help schools, pensions

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A 67% increase in your income taxes looks to be on its way. The following story is posted on the Students First website. Coalition offers ...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

German Homeschooled Child Sentenced to a Child Psychiatry Unit

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The following letter was sent to us by our friends at Home School Legal Defense Association. Please take a the time to write a letter if ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Valedictorian Complains of ‘Hollow’ Public School Education

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

TEA's check register now online! Texas leads the way in public education financial transparency

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The following is from Peyton Wolcott's Website. " You have no idea how much pleasure it gives me as a native Texan to be able t...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

Utah House passes universal school choice - Milton Friedman’s vision is one step closer to victory

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The following press release was sent out by the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation. New Hampshire must define an "adequate ed...
Friday, February 02, 2007

$34.06 an Hour That's how much the average public school teachers makes. Is that "underpaid"?

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The following article appeared in the Wall Street Journal. No commentary needed the article speaks for itself. $34.06 an Hour That's ...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Using the Delphi Technique to Achieve Consensus

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The piece below is about the Delphi Technique and the complete article is posted on the Eagle Forum.org. The Delphi techinque is used at p...