He says the Texas public school system is getting better in every way.
Archive for August, 2009
Texas Commissioner of Education Scott has Good News!
August 18, 2009Dallas ISD Has Some Serious Competition in Detroit Public Schools.
August 13, 2009I found some priceless tidbits in the WSJ article, Detroit School Woes Deepen.
…[T]he state sent an emergency financial manager, Robert Bobb, to straighten out the city’s ailing school system. A probe launched by Mr. Bobb uncovered paychecks going to 257 “ghost” employees…
…Keith R. Johnson, president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers… said there has been a “tendency to over-dramatize the level of corruption and the financial impact.”
Mr. Bobb… faced scrutiny himself this week when it came to light that he has awarded a no-bid contract worth nearly $1 million to a firm he used to work for… based in Philadelphia. A spokesman for Mr. Bobb didn’t return several calls…
Plagued by poor test scores and occasionally violence – including multiple shootings near the locations of the district’s… summer-school program this year…
…[T]he district only graduates around one in four students who enroll in ninth grade…
Okay, Dallas ISD, I challenge you to beat this level of corruption.
Cooperation Between School Choosers & Teachers’ Union??
August 13, 2009What???
In a move that experts are calling nearly unprecedented, the Hillsborough County schools and teachers’ union have joined forces with a nonprofit Florida voucher group to help train private school teachers.
Inconceivable!!!
The Best Classroom Teacher in America
August 8, 2009Please read this inspiring article about Rafe Esquith.
More Depressing “Good” News about DISD
August 7, 2009Educational Opportunities for (Hypocritical) Politicians’ Children
August 7, 2009John Fund’s editorial in the WSJ says that the worst scandal in America right now is the education monopoly that keeps poor, inner-city kids trapped in failing public schools.
Two More Infuriating Teachers Union Stories
August 2, 2009This Wall Street Journal article keeps us updated on two more stories from the “Anti-students” Unions.
