On Education

Stop the games with our kids and our money!

July 26, 2010 On Education

Last week, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas 25th) and his cronies in Congress attempted to usurp the sovereignty of the people of Texas by amending what was a bill to fund operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti to include a provision forces Texas not to reduce spending on education or risk losing federal money coming back [...]

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One Cheer for Senator Shapiro

July 6, 2010 Old News

A story by Holly K.Hacker entitled Charter schools spread across Texas with goal of newer, better teaching was published in The Dallas Morning News on Sunday, July 4, 2010. I quote from the article: State Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, said legislators should respond to parent demand and lift the “arbitrary” state cap. “You’ve got 40,000 [...]

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In Support of John Jay Myers for Congress

May 28, 2010 Old News

Last Saturday evening I was given the honor of speaking at an event in support of John Jay Myers for US Congress in District 23. Below are two views of the speech. This first one captures it in its entirety.   This one is a better camera, but misses my introduction.

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On the $11 Billion Shortfall

May 12, 2010 Old News

Local news outlets are buzzing with the news that Texas faces an $11 billion shortfall. Some legislators are calling for an increase in the student to teacher ratio while others bring up the usual suspect of opening Texas to casino gambling. The answer is, “Yes!” to both of the above, but we need more. If [...]

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On National Education Standards

April 19, 2010 On Education

On Friday, April 16, the folks at the Cato Institute sponsored one of their Capitol Hill Briefings. The subject of this one happened to be National Education Standards. As usual it is excellent, and I want to bring it to your attention because it is completely in line with my thinking on the subject of [...]

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Let’s Have a Real Voucher Program

April 17, 2010 News

The Statesman.com reports that my opponent, Senator Shapiro is backing a plan to have the Texas Education Agency “pay for one SAT or ACT college entrance exam for high school juniors this spring and summer, prompting more students to sign up to take the SAT, which costs $45 , and the ACT, which costs $47 [...]

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Education Budget – The Other Side

March 31, 2010 On Education

In Austin last week a newly appointed Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments and Adjustments met for the first time to study the school finance system. This, of course, is a variation of the “How do we pay for it?” question. To me this is a nonsense question as the answer is obvious. [...]

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In response to a question on school vouchers

March 18, 2010 On Education

On Saturday, February 12, I participated in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Collin County. My thanks to Janice Schieffer and the entire team at LWVoCC, they made this rookie feel quite at home. This is the first in a series of five videos in which I respond to questions [...]

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