Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Wednesday 2/28/07

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Apprenticeship programs are making a comeback. The local firms pay $5,000 of the $7,000 tuition at the local Catholic high school. In retur...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Tuesday 2/27/07

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Voucher victory out of Utah: Edspresso has a good overview including some information on other counties implementing this and why schools-t...
Monday, February 26, 2007

Waltzer walks

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Former State Representative Chris Newton was released from the half-way house today after serving his 1 year term for his part in the Tenne...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

"Lovely" Strategic Planning

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Have you seen what's been developed by the Strategic Plan Committee thus far? Here's the proposed Mission Statement for MNPS: The m...
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Monday 2/26/07

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Clearing out these browser tabs. Teacher unions have taken a hit this week. Steven Jobs of Apple computer fame started it with: "I bel...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

Hot off the press

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--or rather your Internet connection--the Agenda Packet for the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. This isn't the wimpy two page age...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

10 year old with gun

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What can you say? This just shouldn't happen. February 21, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE East Precinct detectives Tuesday e...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Not legit my eye

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Good -- no GREAT!-- news in my e-mail from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research: The Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR) today ...
Monday, February 19, 2007

Enrollment perspective

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Just in time for the budget battle comes this Tennessean article about the overcrowded schools. What caught my attention was this chart at ...
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Legitimate bureaucrat II

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The outrage over the Tennessee Department of Revenue deliberately conspiring to withhold information from the Tennessee Center for Policy Re...

Another homeschooler runs for BOE

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This time it's John O'Neil in McHenry County, Illinois (that's at the very northern edge of Illinois east of Chicago). So, why ...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Better legislative information

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While I very much appreciate the recent upgrades to the Tennessee legislature's bills filed section I certainly hope that we can make e...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

Saturday 02/17/06

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Bit and pieces: Wrestling with the TSSAA round two: WASHINGTON — Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court have been set for April 18 in ...
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Greener still

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Nashville mayoral candidate and Councilman at Large David Briley uploaded snips of his big "I want to be Nashville's Green Mayor...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Legitimate bureaucrat

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A bureaucrat employed by taxpayers has decided she has the right to define 'legitimate groups' in her effort to control information ...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Being green

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Of all the issues of serious concern to Nashvillians: Crime Education Jobs Traffic Taxes Immigration Corporate demands for taxpayer money Zo...
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Monday, February 12, 2007

Plans and reports cards

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It'll be a busy Monday evening/Tuesday morning for people interested in Metro Schools. This evening at 6:00 p.m. at Maplewood High Schoo...
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Friday, February 09, 2007

Mallard mourning

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The value of my Tennessean subscription fell again this morning with the news that they're replacing Mallard Fillmore with something th...
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Education legislation

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The state legislature is making some progress toward making information more accessible to mere citizens. They've still got a ways to g...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Designated sitter problems

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Well Michael Cass of the Tennessean answers the "Where was David Briley during the English First vote?" question: (By the way, ma...