Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Rulffes said We would be derelict in our duties if we did not aggressively go after grant money for our students.
I don't care about the bureaucratic derelictions CCSD will be guilty of in the future. CCSD is now, always has been, and always WILL BE derelict in its primary duty to teach the 3R's. Maybe if Rulffes wasn't so busy chasing after unconstitutional federal education grants he would recognize that.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
What's Wrong With Public Education
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
To make Nevada eligible for a grant, legislators must repeal a law that bans using student test scores for purposes of evaluating teachers.
This situation represents everything that is WRONG with public education. Washington politicians dangle unconstitutional education money (pork) in our faces. Our crooked politicians scramble back into (yet another unnecessary) session to get their hands on the loot, so they can redistribute it to their friends. CCSD hires more education lawyers to file exemptions and figure out how to comply, grant writers to beg for more money, and administrators to provide "oversight". A new bureaucracy composed of statisticians, IT, etc gets created to manage all these new teacher evaluations. CCEA hires labor lawyers to challenge any evaluation criteria which might threaten the job of an incompetent teacher. And on and on and on. Is this a NIGHTMARE of central planning or what?!
Somewhere along the line a CCSD 12th grader is expected to learn how to construct a simple sentence and convert a fraction into a real.
To make Nevada eligible for a grant, legislators must repeal a law that bans using student test scores for purposes of evaluating teachers.
This situation represents everything that is WRONG with public education. Washington politicians dangle unconstitutional education money (pork) in our faces. Our crooked politicians scramble back into (yet another unnecessary) session to get their hands on the loot, so they can redistribute it to their friends. CCSD hires more education lawyers to file exemptions and figure out how to comply, grant writers to beg for more money, and administrators to provide "oversight". A new bureaucracy composed of statisticians, IT, etc gets created to manage all these new teacher evaluations. CCEA hires labor lawyers to challenge any evaluation criteria which might threaten the job of an incompetent teacher. And on and on and on. Is this a NIGHTMARE of central planning or what?!
Somewhere along the line a CCSD 12th grader is expected to learn how to construct a simple sentence and convert a fraction into a real.
What The Chamber of Commerce *Really* Wants
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Hundreds responded with calls for (the GOP's favorite device for controlling the economy: the US Tax Code)
Hundreds responded with calls for (the GOP's favorite device for controlling the economy: the US Tax Code)
- tax relief of all kinds
- easier access to capital (more federal regulations)
- expanded federal loans and grants (bailouts)
- more spending on emerging green industries (corporatism)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Race to the BIG Government Top
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The $4.35 billion Race to the Top grants are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus package.
Public education is a *political* institution. Left wingers use it to fight global warming, right wingers use it to fight bogeymen, and (this month) Obama uses it to stimulate the economy. The constituency for the 3R's long ago fled to private schools.
The $4.35 billion Race to the Top grants are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus package.
Public education is a *political* institution. Left wingers use it to fight global warming, right wingers use it to fight bogeymen, and (this month) Obama uses it to stimulate the economy. The constituency for the 3R's long ago fled to private schools.
CCSD In Lockdown
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The schools look like prisons, minus the orange jumpsuits. Recess looks like rec time, minus the overhead sharpshooters. I *love* it when the principal (warden) orders a LOCKDOWN!
The schools look like prisons, minus the orange jumpsuits. Recess looks like rec time, minus the overhead sharpshooters. I *love* it when the principal (warden) orders a LOCKDOWN!
Football Program Good For Coaches and Staff
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Sanford's tenure was great for all the shnooks who make money off the program. Sanford and his staff, sports marketers, instructors hired to teach these dunderhead players, concession suppliers, etc.
Attention prospective Coaches researching UNLV: WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE. Not unless you're willing to work for $100 per game, and recruit from the ranks of the applied science majors. UNLV is a state university, not a NFL farm club.
Sanford's tenure was great for all the shnooks who make money off the program. Sanford and his staff, sports marketers, instructors hired to teach these dunderhead players, concession suppliers, etc.
Attention prospective Coaches researching UNLV: WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE. Not unless you're willing to work for $100 per game, and recruit from the ranks of the applied science majors. UNLV is a state university, not a NFL farm club.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
NSC Is CCSD's 13th Chance
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
community college's traditional mission .. allowing anyone who wants an education to sign up for one.
NSC's traditional mission is to buy votes for crooked politicians.
The reason NSC is overflowing is because it's *undercharging*. NSC tuition should be more like $500 per credit. Though NSC services are worth little, its cost structure is totally bloated. Those who take classes there should bear the burden. Besides, NSC provides *remedial* education. Nevada taxpayers already pay for K-12. How many times must we pony up to teach the 3R's?
community college's traditional mission .. allowing anyone who wants an education to sign up for one.
NSC's traditional mission is to buy votes for crooked politicians.
The reason NSC is overflowing is because it's *undercharging*. NSC tuition should be more like $500 per credit. Though NSC services are worth little, its cost structure is totally bloated. Those who take classes there should bear the burden. Besides, NSC provides *remedial* education. Nevada taxpayers already pay for K-12. How many times must we pony up to teach the 3R's?
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