Maybe I am just channeling my childhood memories of family picnics and fireworks, but remember when the Fourth of July was a holiday to celebrate American Independence and unity? For one day, in the middle of summer, we could all put away the rhetorical knives and try to acknowledge that, despite our differences, we shared [...]
Continue reading...29. June 2008
The Billings Gazette offered Governor Schweitzer and Senator Brown the opportunity to address education funding in the state of Montana, and each offered answers to the following questions: Do you think the state education-funding system is fulfilling its mandate? How have you as governor or state legislator worked to fulfill the education-funding mandate while balancing the [...]
Continue reading...2. June 2008
Holly Raser has spent her life in public education, and has been an elementary teacher in Missoula for 26 years. She has also served for eight years in the Montana House of Representatives. You can find out more about Holly on her web site. 1. The Thomas Fordham Foundation has rated Montana’s content standards with a [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2008
The University of Montana and the Students for Economic and Social Justice are continuing to recieve some attention in the state and in the social justice world - none of it makes the U of M look very good (the administration, that is). Now the U of M administration is being accused of denying freedom of [...]
Continue reading...10. May 2008
If for no other reason than to enjoy the inevitable torrent of scathing comments that will no doubt soon appear, you might enjoy a little piece I wrote about education funding appearing in today’s Billings Gazette.
Continue reading...28. April 2008
Today Matt Singer, over at Left in the West, posted about the possible suspension of a group of U of M students who participated in a sit-in, disrupting President Dennison’s day. Honestly, I think this news does more to help their cause than hurt it. When I first heard about the U of M sit-in, I [...]
Continue reading...20. April 2008
It makes sense that an Orwellian proposal would involve some delightful double speak to accompany it. As Whitefish High School considers a proposal to conduct drug tests on all students involved in extra-curricular activities, the proposal’s defenders don’t want you to get the wrong idea: it’s not a violation of rights, it’s an opportunity: On the [...]
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3. July 2008
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