In December 2017 The Huffington Post published this piece, Risks Of Fraud In Competency-Based Education, written by David Halperin, where he reviews the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector […]
Before giving you my two cents on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to fill the seat on the Supreme Court that’s been left by the departing Justice Kennedy, here are a few links that give good overviews. This one gives a good, brief, syno…
Once again, before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence, I want to point out, first, that our independence wasn’t begun on July 4th 1776, that was simply the end of the beginni…
Once again, before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence, I want to point out, first, that our independence wasn’t begun on July 4th 1776, that was simply the end of the beginni…
What a wonderful week at the Supreme Court of the United States of America! On Monday, those rights that are defended by the 1st Amendment, were upheld as the “Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case”, which struck down …
What a wonderful week at the Supreme Court of the United States of America! On Monday, those rights that are defended by the 1st Amendment, were upheld as the “Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case”, which struck down …
Who knew Google played a role in the ed-workforce talent (data) pipeline? Google for Education commissioned this 2015 study entitled, Driving the skills agenda: Preparing students for the future. The […]
The World Health Organization The World Health Organization, (WHO) just classified “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition. This WHO announcement comes on the heels of the American Academy of Pediatrics […]
Everyone’s probably seen or heard about Robert De Niro’s emphatic F’bomb at the Tony Awards, even those, like me, who didn’t watch it. Is there something we can learn from that? Well, not from his ‘words’, such as they were, but perhaps there is someth…
As someone who holds Free Trade in high regard, I’m about sick of all of those on all sides of the issue, who toss the term about as if it holds no further meaning or purpose than to serve their personal political agendas. For instance, there are the …
Quietly, behind the scenes for most people, states have been falling one by one to the federal control of education baked into Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Every Student Succeeds Act. Secretary […]
This week’s audit of food stamp fraud by Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway neglected to mention that the problems were under the prior Democrat administration or that the current Republican administration was already addressing the problems.
So… Eric Greitens resigned. Before I let loose a rant about how… displeased I am about this development, I trust that I don’t need to say too much about how opposed I was to him in the race for governor of Missouri. But if that’s not the case, you …
So… Eric Greitens resigned. Before I let loose a rant about how… displeased I am about this development, I trust that I don’t need to say too much about how opposed I was to him in the race for governor of Missouri. But if that’s not the case, you …
From my Memorial Day post seven years ago, that to properly memorialize those who’ve lost their lives in military service to our nation, we need to honor not only their lives lost, but also to honor what it was that they put their lives at such risk fo…