Red Clay Referendum Tomorrow

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Everything I've written has all been leading up to tomorrow's referendum. Info on where to vote can be found at The Friends of Red Clay (Red Clay's SuperPac?) referendum site. For those that want to catch up or review, click inside for links to my past posts. But an education post wouldn't be complete without linking to Kilroy's post "Red Clay's political bedfellows take a hand at pouring Kool-Aid - which points us to the News Journal's editorial by Fred C. Sears II, president and CEO of the Delaware Community Foundation and Karen L. Morris, managing partner of Morris and Morris LLC.

Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Chip Flowers

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Chip Flowers provokes strong opinions on both sides. 27% strongly disapprove of him. 24% strongly approve of him. Overall, Mr. Flowers has a 47% approval rating, and a 39% disapprove rating. 14% are undecided or are unsure. The primary between him and Velda Jones-Potter was acrimonious. And it looks like some are not able to give up those resentments. Because I can't think of anything Chip has done in his job to cause some ratings. Perhaps our commenters will enlighten me.

Sunday Open Thread — Oscars Edition! [2.26.12]

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Tonite the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents their awards for 2011 film achievements. If you are outside of this industry, the interest in the Oscars seems to be either, 1) Dishy -- what they wore, who they were with, what they screwed up or 2) Snobby -- mostly centered around the perceived lack of artistry in the nominations. I'm in Camp 2. So what do you think about this year's nominations? Join us below and tell us who you think will win, what should have been nominated and preview the night's gossip.

Saturday Open Thread [2.25.12]

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We got your weekly messages from Governor Markell and President Obama, and the latest polling out of the Republican primaries, where Romney is looking more and more like he will win the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Tuesday, but it looks like he will have a Southern problem. Thus, the primary will continue. Good.

A Comment At Kilroy’s Sparks Another Education Post

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I'll post the original comment from commenter, Deliberate_1, first and then my reply. Click inside to read it. After reading this yesterday my head was spinning. First, this guy is really angry and defensive. I almost didn't respond, but then Cassandra came over last night and we got to talking. What follows is what we discussed - a mind meld of pandora and cassandra. Pull up a chair, this is going to take a while.

Education Segregation: Delaware Black Caucus Threatens To Sue

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While Race to the Top may be the trigger, the re-segregation of our schools was well underway long before RTTT with the help of Choice, Neighborhood School's Law, and Charters. Jea Street spells it out: "The new millennium term is 'charter school' and 'choice school. I call it segregation. There are black charter schools and there are predominantly white charter schools. You can call it what you want, but it is what it is."