McGuiness v. Poppiti v. Fuller for Lt. Gov
In a Democratic wave year, like this one, the primary is the election. Via the Cape Gazette Rehoboth Beach — Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Kathy McGuiness has filed to run as…
Brandywine Town Center on a rainy cloudy day.
Only half of Delaware students are proficient in English and fewer than four in 10 are proficient in math, according to results of the state's tough new standardized test, the Smarter Balanced Assessment. (link takes you to the results). It's no secret I'm not a fan of standardized tests, mainly because I think we're using them incorrectly. We focus on handing out gold stars to schools who pass and slap "failing" labels on schools that don't. But... maybe this is changing?
"There will certainly be an increase in regards to how the state allocates resources--and that's really part of the value here--let's understand which districts and which schools have the greatest struggles, and let's make sure that we, as a state, are able to allocate resources to those students who need it most."Hey, that sounds like equitable funding. Could it be? I'm skeptical tho, since I lived through the Priority School fiasco. "Allocate resources" is usually followed with the threat of charter conversion, privatization and closure. We'll see. That said, if these tests were actually used to help struggling schools (instead of punishing them) I'd change my tune.
The Kalmar Nickle on the Christina River. From Tim Furlong's Instagram.
“The point is that those predicting Mr. Trump’s imminent political demise are ignoring the lessons of recent history, which tell us that poseurs with a knack for public relations can con the public for a very long time. Someday The Donald will have his Katrina moment, when voters see him for who he really is. But don’t count on it happening any time soon.”
JPMorgan Chase settled a lawsuit accusing it of putting its interests ahead of an historic church endowed by descendants of drug company founder Eli Lilly and mismanaging its trust accounts. Lawyers for the bank and the Christ Church Cathedral told a federal judge in Indianapolis on Friday they reached an agreement, according to a court filing. Settlement details weren't included in court records. The church, founded in 1837 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places according to its website, accused JPMorgan of causing its trusts to lose about $13 million in value from July 2004 to December 2013. The losses flowed from the bank's decisions to "purchase over 177 different investment products, mostly from itself, using church funds," according to a complaint filed two years ago.There's a special place in hell for this bank. And yes they will go to hell, because corporations are people and Hell has a special place for anything that that is deemed human (yet soulless) by America. Must I remind you that they are one of Delaware's largest employers.