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NAACP Issues Charter School Resolution

By pandora February 9, 201210 Comments

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."

The Delaware Dems Have a New Logo

By Delaware Dem February 9, 201212 Comments

As an aside, I post as Delaware Dem, which is a name I created in 2003 as the name I posted under when Daily Kos was launched. But just because my name is Delaware Dem here does not mean I have any connection to the Delaware Democratic Party. I don't. In no way do I speak for them, and given the shouting matches I have had with John Daniello, he would agree. But I digress... Click inside to see the full logo....

An Interesting Paul Clark Move

By Delaware Dem February 9, 20126 Comments

New Castle County has halted sheriff's sales for homeowners delinquent on their property taxes. County Executive Paul Clark said he issued the executive order Wednesday because of recently released statistics from Dover that show Delaware has the third-highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the country.