Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Breathtaking school building bunk goes to show lies are lies, whether they're Trump's or Gahan's.

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Note the use of the word "we" in this shameless whopper from Slick Jeffie. SUPPORTING EDUCATION: With the help of school adm...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

The education debate: "Sitting at the heart of it is an ever-present attack (stated or not) on the liberal arts and humanities."

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At LEO Weekly , Dr. Ricky L. Jones' hammer finds the center of the nail with, "What Kentucky's education debates are really ...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Achtung Baby: "This fun new book about how Germans raise their kids will break American parents’ hearts."

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I may not have any children, but Germany's always been good to me -- and as usual, you're entitled to my opinion. Volk Heroes ...
Tuesday, November 07, 2017

It's less about the bridge you’re willing to cross than picking the right bridge in the first place.

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Staight up: The assistant editor has a valid point about the river. Local tourism boosters always point to the fact that those living e...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

How did Estonia become a leader in technology? "By ditching legacy technology and betting on education."

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It's been a year. Can we go back? It's one of the few instances where being so very far behind turns out to be an advantage. ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

New England 2017: On a rainy day, a walk around the Mt. Holyoke College campus.

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The Odyssey Bookstore in South Hadley had Ivan Klima's memoir in hardback at a very low price. I couldn't resist. As is my usua...
Monday, November 14, 2016

"Dufrene said low pay is tied to lower rates of educational attainment."

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Lower wages are tied to lower rates of educational attainment, and yet in general terms, one needs money to be educated. A bit of a conundru...
Thursday, October 06, 2016

Democracy? You know, the "lies, fearmongering and fables."

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That's about the size of it. Lies, fearmongering and fables: that’s our democracy , by George Monbiot ( The Guardian ) People power...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Letter to the editor: "I've spent a lot of time thinking about the school referendum."

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Submitted. I've spent a lot of time thinking about the school referendum - years, now -- and I could never come up with any reasona...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

A simple PDF from Lynchburg VA shows how Jeff Gahan might have chosen to educate NA about two-way streets, but didn't. And won't.

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I'm not sure I've seen a better succinct presentation of the facts. Granted, the likes of Irv Stumler would use this sheet ...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Shattered 2011 Gahan campaign promises, Part 2: The "good education" mayor!

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Part 1 : Jobs! Part 3 : Unity! I can't seem to recall the discussion about education ever taking place, unless it was held behind cl...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

A book about Newark's attempt to rebuild its schools.

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The reviewer calls it "one of the most important books on education to come along in years. It serves as a kind of corrective to the do...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Please, let's start "educating community leaders about placemaking."

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I consider this a must-read. It's what we're saying. They're ideas that matter. Hmm -- wonder if David Duggins has finished re...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

More Sunday reading: "What role will the arts and humanities play in this brave new world?"

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Accompany with black coffee. Matt Burriesci: The Arts and Humanities Aren’t Worth a Dime , by Matt Burriesci ( Guernica ) “The object of...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

NA's Purdue campus has a new name: Purdue Polytechnic Institute.

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Now, if we can just begin thinking about harnessing PPI and IUS into a unified effort to incubate economic activity in New Albany ... viewi...
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Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Economist: Blue collar (and badly educated) men in rich countries are not adapting well.

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I highly recommend these two articles. The leader offers a broad summery, with the essay going into greater detail.  As you're reading, ...
Monday, April 13, 2015

What they're saying: A potpourri of McCourt, Collins and Keeler.

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As the weeks go past in route to May's primary election, I'm providing periodic candidate statements of substance, mostly unretouc...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Actually, MOST movies are "too dumb to criticize." Time for some book-readin'.

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It's a preachin' kind of Sunday. I tend to avoid American mainstream movies, as they tend to be depressingly stupid. Two hours exp...
Friday, October 31, 2014

Speck in Carmel; meanwhile, in New Albany, we wait for ANY Democrat to "get all New Urban" about ANYTHING.

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Jeff Speck tweeted this link (below). By the way, the city of New Albany is spending $194,000 on a "toilet room" at Binford P...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Indiana as Deep South wannabe.

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Before Hoosiers like me prematurely crow at the expected nearby state appearing therein, we need to take a look at the list. Let's hear ...