Serious problems with Colorado online schools
by David Safier Education Week (subscription only) published a series of 3 articles on Colorado's online schools, based on an intensive 10-month investigation: Advertisement Public Schools Also Lose When Online Students Fail Test Scores Raise Questions About Colo. Virtual Schools Investigation Finds Lax Oversight of Online Education I can't say for certain how relevant these … Read more
Oct. 15 “Occupy Phoenix” event gets ink/pixels in the Republic
by David Safier I read it took NPR two weeks to mention the "Occupy Wall Street" protests. [Full disclosure note: It took BfA about the same amount of time to post about it. We should have been on the story earlier.] Now the growing movement is getting regular media coverage across the country. The Republic … Read more
‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’ Debate on Tuesday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The new reality TV series "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" returns for a new episode next Tuesday night, this time sponsored by the D.C. media villagers of the Neocon Washington Post and Bloomberg TV, in partnership with WBIN-TV and host Dartmouth College. Join the debate on washingtonpost.com/debate on Tuesday, October 11th at 8:00 p.m. … Read more
The ‘Less Than Do Nothing’ 112th Congress
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The 80th Congress was nicknamed the "Do Nothing Congress" by President Harry Truman. Republicans controlled both chambers of the 80th Congress. The Republican Congress opposed many of the bills passed during the Franklin Roosevelt administration, and also opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills. Truman ran against the "Do Nothing Congress" in … Read more
Job growth in positive numbers for 19th consecutive month in a row
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While the world's economy waits to see what Europe does to address the Euro financial crisis, which could push the world's economy into a recession shortly, we at least have positive job growth numbers in September for the 19th consecutive month in a row. Steve Benen reports at the Political Animal – … Read more
Koch Brothers’ lawbreaking: Benzene emissions
by David Safier This is my third summary of information from the Bloomberg News story, Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales. (Here are the first and the second.) Once again, it's clear the Koch Brothers are poster children for the need for rigorous government regulations and oversight. But their greed-posing-as-libertarian-philosophy proclaims … Read more
Herman Cain’s ‘Plan 9-9-9 From Outer Space’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The basis for much of Herman Cain’s presidential campaign is what he calls his “9-9-9” economic plan. Or what I like to think of as his "Plan 9-9-9 From Outer Space" because his economic theories are not of this world. Steve Benen writes at the Political Animal – About that 9-9-9 plan… It’s basically Cain’s … Read more
