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Why Bobby Jindal Pushed Education Reform So Fast
For now I will overlook the more obvious question as to why he wanted “reform” in the first place – that’s easily summed up as 2 scoops of higher political aspirations, drowned in sticky sweet obligations to political contributors, and topped off with the creamy false premises that the private sector and competition always provides […]
Shadow Schools: Why They Exist and What They Enable You To Do
April 13, 2012
While I was working at the Louisiana Department of Education I had a number of sources tell me about what I have decided to call a Shadow School. A Shadow School is just an unreported school that has its own students, teachers, principal, and building but which goes unreported to the State and Federal Government. […]
Pro-choice Needs Some New Branding
April 8, 2012
When politicians are forced to define themselves as pro-choice, they are starting from a place of weakness. The pro-life movement has a definite advantage in the labeling and branding department. As a politician, before you can try to address any of the underlining issues or nuances, you have to go on the defensive. You have […]
Money is Its Own Morality
April 8, 2012
If you want to understand which side of an issue American politicians will ultimately decide is “right” I’ve discovered there is a simple test you can do. Until I discovered this simple test I generally tried to apply logic, rationalizations, ethical considerations, justice, and a misguided belief that our Constitution and judges believe in equal […]
The Truth About Why Conservatives Love and Protect the NRA
April 8, 2012
You won’t hear this on mainstream media, something Faux News has laughingly libeled as the “Liberal Media,” but the truth behind why Republicans want no gun controls, why they plead for anonymous gun ownership is very simple. . .the minute the majority of US citizens vote for leaders and policies they find too abhorrent, they […]
The New Salem Witch Trials (aka Value Added Evaluations and the Outsized Search for “Bad Teachers”)
April 2, 2012
In 1692 an unreasoning hysteria gripped a colonial township known as Salem Massachusetts. What came after became known as the Salem Witch Trials. A number of theories exist as to why dozens of women and men were railroaded into being declared witches based on absurd or non-existent evidence, but i would submit what was appealing […]
April 15, 2012
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