education

More Governor Christie

September 10, 2010 On Education

Until Kathie Glass wins in the great State of Texas, Chris Christie is my favorite governor. We need more frank conversations like this!

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Vouchers Doing Wonders in New Orleans

August 26, 2010 On Education

My question is why wouldn’t this work in Texas? Do we have to wait for as disaster to give this a try? Oh, wait, we (the state of Texas) are $15 billion in debt, I would count that as a disaster.

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On School Measurement

August 2, 2010 On Education

Last week Melissa B. Taboada reported the following in the Austin Amercan-Statesman: For the second consecutive year, more than two of three schools statewide earned top academic honors exemplary and recognized ratings Texas Education Agency officials announced Friday. But even as he lauded the numbers, state Education Commissioner Robert Scott defended the special formulas used [...]

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Amen! Governor Christie! Amen!

July 30, 2010 On Big Government

While not a Big L – Libertarian, Governor Christie of New Jersey (R) certainly earned his small-l libertarian stripes with his response to a question about funding education on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this week. New Jersey was facing an $11 billion budget shortfall, Texas faces and $18 billion one. Unfortunately in Texas we seem to [...]

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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 On Education

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 On Big Government

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 On Big Government

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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