Monique Chartier
Is it too early to say: pinch me? The Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education approved a proposed set of standards that would, for the first time, require that all educators –– new and tenured teachers, principals, assistant principals and support staff –– be evaluated annually and that the evaluations meet a rigorous…
… or possibly an erroneous translator. Thanks to the BBC News/Americas for the heads up that sent me to this YouTube flash of insecurity on the part of our Secretary of State.
This was the reaction last hour by Glenn Beck’s producer Stu upon being told that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had requested (on Friday – do you suppose they were trying to minimize media attention?) that Congress raise the national debt ceiling. It is critically important that Congress act before the limit is reached so that…
Andrew had a contemporaneous post on Massachusetts health care reform, which includes the stick of a tax penalty on those who refused to participate. Note that the stick gets bigger from 2008 to 2009. Note also that Mass’ reform has not accomplished its goals, though the author provides little to bolster her conclusion that national…
As reports of a less than agreeable reception for members of Congress at health care town halls have circulated, other congressional delegations around the country, not excluding Rhode Island’s, have been strangely slow to schedule town halls in their own states. However, the tax-payer funded body which characterized the use of private jets by taxpayer…
… to improve the state. This is what WPRO’s Dan Yorke asked Justin, his in-studio guest for a second hour. Justin responded that, for him, the elimination [Edit: Will corrects me under comments] of unions public unions would have top priority. I would point out that unions public unions are one of many special interests…
Woonsocket’s Caruolo lawsuit kicks off today. (Side note: you were correct the first time, Your Honor: a performance audit must be conducted). In the meantime, the attorney for the plaintiff – i.e., the school committee – has identified the cause of Woonsocket’s school budget shortfall. when the real problem isn’t the city’s or the school…
From the UPI. A 27-year-old Monroe College graduate is suing the New York school, contending it has done little to help her find a job. Trina Thompson, who graduated in April with a bachelor’s degree, alleges in a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit that she did not receive adequate employment leads and advice from the school’s…
Further to the dissatisfaction that Justin expressed yesterday with remarks made by Rhode Island’s new Commissioner of Education Deborah Gist at the RISC Summer meeting … STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT – Brushing the bottom 20% nationally ALEC 2008 Report on American Education [PDF] Ranks RI academic achievement at fortieth out of fifty first. Note that this is…
Major congrats to the Moderate Party and their signature fiends … er, petitioners for the 30,000 signature that they have collected in jig time. Now, unnecessary confusion is being created as to where those signatures must be turned in. A little incident arose out of last year’s election that Republicans remember with a wince and…