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Comment on That Giant Sucking Sound by StickWithANose » Charters & Real Estate Speculation

StickWithANose » Charters & Real Estate Speculation — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:02:17 +0000

[...] I’ve noted repeatedly, corporate charter school organizations are using their “public” mandates as investment [...]

Comment on Who’s That Guy? by Eric Lykins

Eric Lykins — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:21:59 +0000

For some new substantive action, check out ExpectMore.gov @ http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/ The Office of Management and Budget just got a lot sexier.

Earmarks: http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/Earmarks-opinion/

Budget.Gov? I’m optimistic http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/01/29/budget-gov/

Comment on Colonization by StickWithANose » That Giant Sucking Sound

StickWithANose » That Giant Sucking Sound — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:11:52 +0000

[...] I get a “told you so”? [1] [...]

Comment on Accountability in Texas by StickWithANose » School - Prison Pipeline

StickWithANose » School - Prison Pipeline — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:43:19 +0000

[...] regimes that we are now constructing produce perverse incentives that push the neediest of students out the door and [in many cases] on to a life of incarceration. While we may achieve a mechanical increase in [...]

Comment on Don’t Be Evil by A new approach to China

A new approach to China — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:26:29 +0000

[...] StickWithANose » Don’t Be Evil [...]

Comment on Coming Soon: Reading First on Steroids by StickWithANose » Kill The ‘LEARN Act’ With A Quickness

StickWithANose » Kill The ‘LEARN Act’ With A Quickness — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:20:29 +0000

[...] noted here previously the next piece of anti-scientific legislation moving its way through our esteemed [...]

Comment on Only in Texas by StickWithANose » Knowledge-Power Nexus Part Deux

StickWithANose » Knowledge-Power Nexus Part Deux — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:18:05 +0000

[...] shenanigans over textbook policy in Texas continues apace, but the reality of what is going on and its [...]

Comment on The Teach for America Narrative by StickWithANose » Nothing Shocking

StickWithANose » Nothing Shocking — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:44:04 +0000

[...] continued critique of Teach for America is often greeted with scoffs of disbelief: How could top graduates from top [...]

Comment on Trajectories by Stick

Stick — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:23:49 +0000

Agreed… One should always be suspicious of anything coming from Rasmussen, but I do think that it’s tapping into something approximating the zeitgeist of contemporary American culture. How we [as a society] react to the realization of economic stagnation will quickly move into some kind of action. The question is what kind…? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Comment on Trajectories by williamjames

williamjames — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:03:27 +0000

Interesting piece but I wouldn’t go to the well with the results of that opinion poll. From wiki:

“…John Marshal of Talking Points Memo commented on their [Rasmussen] reliability in a February 2009 article:
The toplines tend to be a bit toward the Republican side of the spectrum, compared to the average of other polls. But if you factor that in they’re pretty reliable…But the qualitative questions, in terms of their phrasing and so forth, are frequently skewed to give answers friendly toward GOP or conservative viewpoints…”

I agree completely that the U.S. is re-polarized. It seems, though, that Americans are stunned more than activated by evidence that they will not “get ahead”, “find a good job”, or establish a “college fund” for little Sam.