Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Please Help Me !!! I'm Powerless !!!

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I'll make this one short.  I thought it was odd that the President of America asked for TV airtime to plead his case to raise taxes and ...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Parents United Liberal Editorial

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I know I should not have expected any different, yet I had hope.  However as is often the case, PU is taking shots at the GOP. Parents Uni...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Finland and Education

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Annie posted this link and comment recently: Salon: How Finland became an Educational Leader "A new documentary is being released on...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Kitchen Table Economics and Natl Debt

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This sounded kind of familiar...  Any thoughts where this potential train wreck is headed? MSNBC Kitchen Table I always enjoy leading te...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Compromise Reached in Minnesota

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Well, it looks like compromise was finally achieved in Minnesota.  I may get to see those MCA II and AYP results sooner than later... Now ...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Parents United Wants to Revise NCLB ?

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What Timing...  I post regarding the Gold Std yesterday (ie MCA, AYP, NCLB, etc) and some folks from Parents United drop me an email asking ...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

A Reason to End the Shutdown...

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RAS MAP Results: Promising Now I am anxious for the end of the shutdown...  I mean MAP testing is beneficial in some ways...  But the gold...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Minnesota Critical Services ?

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Like the Energizer Bunny, the gridlock keeps going.  I find the discussions regarding "Critical Services" and "Self Funded En...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Email Etiquette

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Well, I am cursed with the responsibility of creating and distributing minutes/updates and action item lists for each of my ~9 active projec...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

RAS FAC Maintains Independence?

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I looked through the Financial Advisory Council's year end presentation and found it a bit anemic.  Now I have not sat in on a mtg for o...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Fund It All or Else !!!

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I found this statement by Mary fairly amusing.  Apparently she believes Minnesotans will only be truly happy if "EVERYONE" gets as...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Dam Finally Breaks in Wisconsin

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Finally, due process has prevailed... First the Democrats unprofessionally left the State and their jobs to resist due process.  By this I...
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Education Updates

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Parents United continues to push the spend more agenda and it looks like the RAS Board meeting agenda was rather calm. Parents United 6/10/1...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Dayton Holds Strong and GOP Blinks?

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This headline seems so misleading as to appear inaccurate or possibly politically motivated.(ie imply GOP blinked first) If someone tells me...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

No Money for Druggies...

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Sometimes I agree with the ACLU, however many times I do not. In this case they are suing over mandatory drug testing, and thinking about s...