Category: Personal Blog
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Jessica Alba on education for all
Read this great article about eduction on the other side of the world Jessica Alba on education for all: ONE just returned from a listening and learning trip to Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya with members of our board and other supporters. Below, Jessica Alba talks about 1GOAL and the campaign to provide education to…
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Open Letter to Rep Ben Chandler, Sen. Jim Bunning, and Sen Mitch McConnell
I am disappointed and alarmed regarding the proposed elimination of the National Writing Project’s federal funding from the current Education Appropriation Bill. This program, by far, leads the way in constructive, not vogue, academic growth at a grassroots level. Every year over 100,000 teachers are involved in more than 3 million hours of training, planning,…
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Happy New Year!
Image by Leorex via Flickr Happy New Year!
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KY budget woes continue…
Image via Wikipedia The last post I ranted about the misguided budget philosophy of Gov. Beshear. His Tuesday press conference about the state budget, a mere $1.5 billion. Of course in the same month he touted budget neutral amendments in five consecutive votes. BluegrassPolitics has a great piece about the issue and is quick to…
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Reblog: EKUWP Friend in Censorship Trouble !?!
Cover of Twisted Risha has always had the best interest of students at heart and now that moral compass has been brought into the censorship issue. Parents too often look at the moments in a story and not the plot or core issues that remained unresolved. Thus education and acdemic freedom is stymied into pulp.…
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