Markell brags about how he has a good relationship with the union (teachers) and how they are partners at the table but yet he wants them to be the most accountable to the extent of losing their jobs. Lowery says, “we do these kids a disservice and we have to fix this” So who is [...]
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Academic adventurers; Chinese students branch out to small Del. schools BY WADE MALCOLM • THE NEWS JOURNAL • NOVEMBER 30, 2010 In a report published this month, the Institute of International Education found that 127,628 Chinese students studied in the United States in the 2009-10 academic year, a 30 percent increase from the year before. The surge [...]
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All 24 hostages free after being held by young Wisconsin gunman (CNN) — All 24 hostages held captive by a hangun-toting student in northeast Wisconsin were freed Monday night, after several hours of being confined inside a high school classroom, police said The young male took over the classroom about 3 p.m. Monday, as classes [...]
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Will Citizens of All Political Stripes Coalesce Against the Billionaire Boys’ Club? Now, the federal government under the direction of the modern day efficiency experts of the corporate foundations, incentivizes states to create segregative charter schools and ignores the goals of integrated and democratic living as a primary purpose of the public schools. In short, [...]
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T — find out what it means to Arne Duncan He also says that parental involvement is crucial and wants to provide funds for parental engagement, mentoring induction programs, and added support for under-served communities. Unfortunately, the fact remains that teachers are as likely to be cursed and criticized as complimented by parents, and that [...]
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Obama proposes freeze on federal worker pay; BY JULIE PACE • ASSOCIATED PRESS • NOVEMBER 29, 2010 The two-year freeze would apply to all civilian federal employees, including those working at the Department of Defense, but would not affect military personnel OK two-year pay freeze The freeze is expected to save more than $5 billion in [...]
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Delaware seems so sympathetic towards bullying and hate crimes but when it comes to rights of gays often targets of both, Delaware can’t find the compassion to enact laws re: Civil Unions. Delaware Governor Markell needs to request Civil Union legislation. I am not gay but human like all men and women of all races, sex [...]
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Real Breaking News; Sallie Mae to cut more JOBS in DE Written by donviti on November 22, 2010 — I have it on good authority that Sallie Mae will be cutting their Workforce by around 300 employees in Delaware. Sallie Mae is already closing their HQ in Reston, VA and moving several of the people willing to [...]
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U.S. warns Britain over new WikiLeaks revelations that will ‘expose corruption between allies’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333213/WikiLeaks-revelations-expose-corruption-allies-U-S-warns-Britain.html#ixzz16c6F17Br 3 million documents set to go online Bombshell leak thought to include U.S. assessments of Gordon Brown Secret talks on return of Lockerbie bomber to Libya may also be leaked Allegations ‘include U.S. backing of Kurdish terrorists’ U.S. diplomats face [...]
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Challenges As Well As Thanksgiving by TIMOTHY (One Fight More) There is no end in sight for robbing Peter to pay Paul in state budgets. Most economists believe that employment in the US will not fully recover for a decade. That’s a long time for always hungry public services to starve for income tax revenue. It’s [...]
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