The educational system in the United States is a mess. Pretty much everyone knows it, but what to do about it is a huge problem.
It’s easy to point to various symptoms and declare them the problem. High dropout rates, as high as 50% for some cities or 1/3 for some states, are often pointed out [...]
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Found an interesting take on President Bush’s 2007 State of the Union address. It strikes me as a pretty good and interesting analysis.
The list of things President Bush didn’t talk about is very interesting and very pointed. Previously highly important topics such as abortion, stem cell research and same sex marriage were ignored.
He did bring [...]
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Ok, so it’s really not that bad. But I read about this one over on Blogging Baby, then read the free ebook at Every Child Matters and had to comment.
Now before anyone chews me out for comparing these states this way, remember I’m not the one drawing the Red/Blue state issue into it. The report [...]
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I have to admit I find it interesting watching the various politicians throw their hats in the ring as potential candidates for President in the next election.
One of the most interesting, of course, is Hillary Clinton. Personally I have very mixed feelings about that.
First of all, no I don’t mind her for the reasons some [...]
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Phew! I found a very interesting question posed by Indian President Dr. Abdul Kalam over on Yahoo Answers. He wants to know how to end terrorism.
I got clued into this one over on Digital Journal. I can’t even read all the answers listed on Yahoo - well over 15,000 now. I just don’t have that [...]
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Sometimes it’s really scary watching how close we can come to losing one right or another. The most recent close call was Section 220 of S. 1, which confronted the issue of “grassroots commentators”, as they called it.
If that terminology isn’t clear, let me try to help. Bloggers have the potential to fall into the [...]
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