by Joshua Holland | Dec 3, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Education
How ‘Limited Government’ Is Burying a Generation in Debt (via Moyers & Company) The cost of tuition in this country has increased at an almost unbelievable pace over the past generation – twice as fast than as the costs of health care. According to an...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 26, 2013 | Education
"Public education is under attack," comes the warning from Philadelphia in a riveting new video from community and youth organizers in that city. Their accusations are that education policies are "an attack on poor children" … policy makers "don't care about the...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 20, 2013 | Education
Building on President Obama's “Preschool for All Initiative” proposed earlier this year – that would dramatically expand access to prekindergarten programs for 4-year olds – Democratic leaders in both chambers last week introduced the "Strong Start for America's...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 12, 2013 | Education
It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry when an "All-Purpose-Pundit" at The New York Times takes it upon him/herself to write a commentary about education. "Thomas Friedman is infamous for his uninformed pieces on education," Larry Ferlazzo, a full-time...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 6, 2013 | Education
"I'm tired of you people. What do you want?" Those were the words New Jersey Governor Chris Christie used to respond to one of his constituents, a taxpayer, and a public servant of the state, who had the temerity to question the governor's leadership of the state's...
by Melissa Tomlinson | Nov 5, 2013 | Conservatism, Education, This Is The GOP
Letter to Governor Christie from the New Jersey Teacher He Screamed At (via LA Progressive) Dear Governor Christie,Yesterday I took the opportunity to come hear you speak on your campaign trail. I have never really heard you speak before except for sound bytes that I...
