Queen Takes Republican Bishop – Checkmate

While there were many lessens learned through the Komen fiasco the main one was: Stop messing with Women's Health or face the consequences. Republicans would be wise to study what happened to Komen, because their plan of going after contraception could very well destroy them in the same way it destroyed Komen. By moving contraception into the forefront of the abortion wars the GOP has not only revealed its true strategy, it has exposed its King. And everyone knows that the Queen is the most powerful piece on the board. Lose your Queen, lose the... election?

NAACP Issues Charter School Resolution

Here's what caught my attention:
WHEREAS, in some cases, charter schools have become a school model that is used to segregate students; and
Ya think? Charter Schools have also allowed School Districts to shift their responsibilities to these students to Charters. Which is why I've always wondered why Charter proponents wanted to serve on Public School Boards. Always struck me as being an employee of Pepsi, but promoting Coke. And you gotta love the way a Public School District Board's plan for your public school is to give it away. It's almost as if they're saying, "Hey, we stink at this education thingy, so we'll give it to someone else."

In Red Clay It Shouldn’t Be City vs Suburbs

I'm not even going to link to the article in today's News Journal, because it really doesn't say much and the reporter missed the opportunity to report on the real story - a story that involved parents and citizens all over the district are discussing around their kitchen tables, on blogs and at work. This story has several parts. First, not all Red Clay Schools are created equal. For an interesting discussion on this check out Kilroy's posts on Red Clay (there's a lot of them) and this conversation taking place on The Seventh Type. Yes, we've been over this, and if you need to catch up check out my posts here and here. One of the problems I'm seeing is the split in the District. Suburbanites want their neighborhood suburban schools. City parents don't want their schools to suffer because of these new schools, and want the District to invest in these schools.

Is Capacity Really The Issue In Red Clay?

Last week I wrote a post on the upcoming Red Clay Consolidated School District Capital Referendum. The ballot has been broken into two parts - renovations for existing schools and a new elementary school at Graves Road. I will not be voting for the new school, and here's why...

New Jobs Numbers Better Than Expected

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread in the private sector, with large employment gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. Government employment changed little over the month.