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School Board Elections… A Postmortem

By pandora May 9, 201227 Comments

I'm tempted to copy and paste my previous post My Thoughts On Tomorrow's School Board Election because I think I actually nailed it. Here are several points from that post…

School Board Election Today – VOTE

By pandora May 8, 201214 Comments

Here's my assignment for you... Call a friend or neighbor and get them to vote today. You can find my thoughts/posts on the School Board elections here, here, here and here. For information on who can vote and where to vote click here. I still haven't figured out exactly why School Board elections have become such a hot ticket item - I just know that this year they are. Our votes will matter. No excuses. Go Vote!

The Failure of Delaware Charter Schools

By nemski May 8, 201218 Comments

Paul Baumbach, president of Progressive Democrats of Delaware and blogger, has an op-ed in The News Journal the other day which looked at the failing grades our Delaware charter schools have been receiving.

My Thoughts On Tomorrow’s School Board Elections

By pandora May 7, 201226 Comments

I'm not sure what to say about the candidates running for school board since they've become an afterthought in this election. The main player in this election is Voices 4…

Delaware Blogosphere: School Board Edition

By pandora May 6, 201212 Comments

If you haven’t been reading Kilroy, Transparent Christina, Delaware Libertarian, Does Experience Count, and The Mind of Mr. Matthews allow me to link to some of their posts so you can get up to speed.

Power of Teachers

By nemski May 5, 20129 Comments

The National Education Association, in celebration of National Teacher Day and National Teacher Appreciation Week, is asking Americans to recall at least one great teacher they’ve had. I’ve been lucky in my life to have had several and currently my son in the Brandywine School District has had many as well.

Updated: More Drama In School Board Elections

By pandora May 2, 201223 Comments

Can we just skip all this and move these elections to November? Pretty please?

Detroit Students Fight For Their Education – State They Aren’t Dollar Signs

By pandora May 1, 20122 Comments

Out of the mouths of babes. On hearing that the schools emergency manager would use his unilateral authority to close nearby Southwest High School, a couple of hundred kids last…

School Board Elections Are Political

By pandora April 30, 201227 Comments

I haven't really commented on the upcoming School Board elections, mainly because I can't wrap my head around what's going on. With all the attention on these races - phone…

Question of the Day

By nemski April 30, 201210 Comments

Why does Delaware seemingly not enforce school zone speed limits?

Obama Will Veto House Measure on Student Loans

By nemski April 28, 20122 Comments

As we posted yesterday, the House was going to vote on a Student Loan extension. The legislation passed H.R.4628: Interest Rate Reduction Act which reduces funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund and now H.R.4628 will surely face a veto if it makes it to the White House.

UPDATE: Brandywine School District Bullying Attack

By nemski April 26, 20125 Comments

The News Journal has a follow-up on the attack by a bully that was caught on videotape on a Brandywine School District bus. The incident wasn’t reported to authorities until Monday and, yes, the bus driver apparently kept on driving even with a fight going on. The incident is being investigated by the State Police as well.

Red Clay School Board Candidate, Kenny Rivera, Responds To My Questions

By pandora April 16, 201213 Comments

Kenny Rivera is the second of two candidates (Other candidate post here) to reply to my questions concerning the upcoming Red Clay School Board Election. Kenny Rivera's answers to my…