“Because we know that about 12% of America’s schools produce 50% of America’s dropouts, we’re going to focus on helping states and school districts turn around their 5,000 lowest-performing schools in the next five years,” President Obama said this week.
Turning around the nation’s 5,000 lowest-performing schools, Secretary Duncan has said, is “part of our overall [...]

In a case not very dissimilar from the recent Detroit Public School scam:
“Details of the charges show the office worker is accused of receiving kickbacks from special pay she authorized between 2003 and 2005 to a teacher’s aide and truck driver for after-school coaching work that never was performed. All three were charged with embezzlement [...]

Stephan Kinsella has a great recap of the Mises recent podcast, “I was listening to the Mises Podcast and came across Rothbard’s wonderful 1972 lecture Scarcity and Choice. Around 34:09 to about 38:00 he discusses why specialization and the division of labor is useful, indeed essential, for civilization and human life and prosperity. He criticizes [...]

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley issued the following statement today regarding the anti-bullying legislation released by the Joint Committee on Education yesterday:
“While bullying has been a pervasive problem in our communities for years, 21st century technologies have only magnified the problem, allowing children to bully and harass one another with the mere click of a [...]

According to wikipedia, “When the tradition of Black History Month had started in the US, many in mainstream academia had barely begun to explore black history. At that point, most representation of blacks in history books was only in reference to the low social position they held as slaves and their descendants, with infrequent exceptions [...]

It seems like everyone these days is trying to figure out how to make ends meet. Whether it’s the desire to save that million+ condo or just stave off the unemployment line workers in every profession is having to tighten their belts. One lawyer found a positive solution to facing the recession, he became a teacher!

Citizens raising families, working jobs and paying bills do not watch government as closely as shareholders or stakeholders in private enterprise. A local school district can spend a million dollars fighting a child who wants to hand a candy cane with a religious poem attached to his friends during Christmas, and then hold media events expressing a need for money for education.

Luther and even Calvin had no intention of fragmenting Christendom; on the contrary, each set out to reform a unified Christian Church. But the consequence of their revolution was to open Pandora’s box. Whereas frictions and heresies had before been either stamped out or accommodated within the Church, now Christianity split apart in literally hundreds of different sects, some quite bizarre, each propounding different theologies, ethics, and prescriptions for social life.

Well, it’s that time of the year again. Flu season!! Apparently the US Government has a concern that people will think the seasonal flu is the H1N1 or H5N1 flu. They have taken great lengths on their national world health organization website to differentiate the different strains of viruses that are currently circulating.

For those Quincy residents who are looking for some holiday decor, Pumpkin posts have some great ideas. Entitled ‘Pumpkins 101‘, is the latest City Hall publication being offered at the business and building counter. The publication reads, ‘for holiday decor pumpkins, choose one with a sturdy stem, well rounded shape and one that will stand properly.