This 3 minute, 45 sec video pretty much explains as clearly and succinctly as I have seen the problems with Public Sector Unions: Their ties to politicians, the way that unions dues are used to elect union friendly politicians and…
Category: Education
Teacher’s Union Get’s Woman Fired for Speaking at Board of Education Meeting
So, the crux of this story is that a lady in Oregon, as part of her job as director of the local Chamber of Commerce, got up at a School Board Meeting and read a statement urging teachers to accept…
Public Unions Have Got to Go
Public employee unions vote in friendly politicians who then turn around and awared them lucrative pay packages… Thus unions control BOTH sides of the negotiating table: The union negotiators are on one side, and on the other side are politicians…
Charter Schools Offering New Choices in Education
Good Article on the Dumbing Down of America–and a Link to a Great Jaywalking Clip
Read the Human Events article by Jason Mattera HERE, and watch the Jay Leno video clip below.
John Taylor Gatto: I Quit, I Think
Originally published in The Wall Street Journal, July 25th, 1991, this is a good short read of one teacher’s frustration with bureaucratic public education. Read it HERE at www.educationrevolution.org Gatto also wrote several books, one of which, The Underground History…
Neal Boortz Faux Commencement Speech
John Scott sent me this link, and I was wondering what University or College would allow this commencement speech… then I noticed it was a “Faux” speech. It has never been delivered at a commencement. But it should be. The…
Commencement Address You Won’t Hear
A good 10 min view, but it gets really good at 7:28 Highlights: 7:28 “Wealth can be generated from thin air.” 8:17 “You can spread the existing wealth around, or, you can go out and make some more of it.…
Christie for President!
It’s getting to the point that for the entertainment value, I’d rather watch a video clip of NJ Governor Christie than a movie or TV show…
The Real Cost of Schools–Washington Post Article
Excellent Article in the Washington Post. Well worth the read. What education really cost in the DC area, and real alternatives to improve the system.