Archive for August, 2008
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Montgomery Republican candidate Todd Stephens is challenging first term Rick Taylor in Montgomery County's House District 151. Todd Stephens is also a Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney and, as this news article points out, he is raising money from criminal defense lawyers who are actively and currently representing clients against ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
Three articles, one blog, one hard copy and one online, all about Representative Kate Harper's conflict of scheduling demonstrate why Republicans are losing. They are interested in personal gain rather than public service. Voter Value and Voter Satisfaction are keys to Electoral Success and the Republicans deliver neither. If any business ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
When I think of failing government schools, I think of Philadelphia but it is evident that the failure of the government education system is not limited geographically. It is sad that so many young people are not being prepared to participate in commerce or politics or society even at what ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Harrisburg Patriot News reports on mid state school violence and Philadelphia Inquirer reports on Philadelphia where the 12 government schools described as "persistently dangerous" are located. Lower Merion does well and although there are incidents of violence as one would expect with more than 6900 students, there were no major ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Two articles on testing school performance. What are our kids learning? Are they learning? This is sad because so many parents think their kids are getting an education, misled by teachers, administrators and the government itself. Of course, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other southeast Pennsylvania media outlets did not think ...
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