Duncan gets penis stuck in zipper

Duncan Aims to Make Incentives Key Element of ESEA U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that he envisions a significant new emphasis on federal incentives for high-performing schools, districts, and states in the authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, expected to be taken up by Congress as early as next year. [...]

Delaware schools to take 100 million dollar hit ???

Check out this report from the State Auditors office that indicates consolidating 19 school districts into 4 school districts would save over 50 million dollars.    Northern District would consist of Brandywine, Christina, Colonial and Red Clay eliminating 363 managers positions saving $22,797.138. See report for other consolidations.    I have mixed feeling of a [...]

Sir Beau Biden son of Obama’s queen

The Biden Machine The stage was set last November when departing Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, heeding Joe Biden’s advice, appointed his longtime aide and adviser Ted Kaufman to fill the Senate seat. Kaufman immediately said he would not seek re-election. “heeding Joe Biden’s advice ” Political corruption at its best.  “This is not a seat with [...]

Iran to Obama; BITE ME

Iran OKs 10 New Uranium Enrichment Sites Gov’t to Expand Nuke Program in Defiance of IAEA’s Demand That Iran Halt Construction of Enrichment Facility The Iranian government approved a plan Sunday to build 10 industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment. Iran is pretty [...]

School Vouchers will level the field.

Supporting an educational portfolio: Sondra M. Shippen is a member of The News Journal’s Community Advisory Board. As head of Kuumba Academy Charter School, every day for us begins with a renewed commitment to excellence. I expect excellence from our students, and in turn, our students and parents expect nothing less from our teachers and [...]

WTF SFSF 11.5 billion dollars

PRESS RELEASE: November 9, 2009   Application Requirements for Final $11.5 Billion in State Fiscal Stabilization Funds Available Now Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that application requirements for the final $11.5 billion in State Fiscal Stabilization Funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 are now available. In exchange for this unprecedented [...]

Universal Pre-Kindergarten not for Delaware

In weighing universal pre-kindergarten, Delaware monitors test model in Md. Emilie’s pre-kindergarten classroom at the Family Education Center in Cecil County is one of 10 in a pilot program testing the feasibility of offering pre-kindergarten to all Maryland 4-year-olds, not just those in low-income or special-needs situations.  As far as Delaware “bullshit.” I am sure [...]

There will be “Christmas Trees” in the White House

Tis the season: White House Christmas tree arrives WASHINGTON — The White House is open for Christmas. A day after celebrating Thanksgiving, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha received the official White House Christmas tree: an 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir delivered from a farm in Shepherdstown, W.Va., by traditional horse-drawn carriage. Growers [...]

NJ’s Ron Williams has good brain fart

Refinery closing’s silver lining “Should Valero be allowed to sell off bits and pieces of all the pipes and stacks or do you force them — good luck on this one — to thoroughly clean up the gunk left behind after 52 years of refining some of the dirtiest crude oil on Earth? And how [...]

OMG Rick Jensen running for congress

Ok maybe not in reality but I had a dream WDEL’s Rick Jensen announced he was running for United States Congress. Have you ever dreamed you were dreaming? I knew this had to be a dream when Jensen announced Jason Scott as his campaign manager and if that didn’t clue me in I was dreaming, there was the announcement [...]