Thursday, November 29, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
It's Education, Stupid
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-davis/obama-romney-education_b_2043937.html?utm_hp_ref=education-reform
"Recently, I've had several opportunities to speak with education leaders from some of the highest-performing countries around the globe. They are perplexed by our challenges in the areas of teacher quality and developing world-class academic standards. The majority of high-performing countries have teachers who join the profession from the elite universities and enjoy a level of prestige reserved for lawyers, doctors, and engineers in the United States.
These international education leaders wonder why it took America nearly 20 years to agree that high standards in math and language should be standard across states, districts and schools. They wonder why foreign languages are not commonly taught in our elementary schools. They find it hard to believe that one out of every five American children lives in poverty -- children for whom investments in high-quality education are even more important. Leaders from Beijing and South Korea actually worry that their students are spending too much time in school -- over 14 hours a day and more than 200 days a year in some cases! Meanwhile our students attend school, on average, 180 6.5 hour days -- a schedule created for an earlier era."
"Recently, I've had several opportunities to speak with education leaders from some of the highest-performing countries around the globe. They are perplexed by our challenges in the areas of teacher quality and developing world-class academic standards. The majority of high-performing countries have teachers who join the profession from the elite universities and enjoy a level of prestige reserved for lawyers, doctors, and engineers in the United States.
These international education leaders wonder why it took America nearly 20 years to agree that high standards in math and language should be standard across states, districts and schools. They wonder why foreign languages are not commonly taught in our elementary schools. They find it hard to believe that one out of every five American children lives in poverty -- children for whom investments in high-quality education are even more important. Leaders from Beijing and South Korea actually worry that their students are spending too much time in school -- over 14 hours a day and more than 200 days a year in some cases! Meanwhile our students attend school, on average, 180 6.5 hour days -- a schedule created for an earlier era."
Monday, November 12, 2012
Opinion: Every day should be Veterans Day
It doesn't matter whether you support the war overseas or not. We should honor the men and women who are brave enough to put their lives on the line everyday for our protection. Which is everyday. We often take for granted the freedoms that we can enjoy. Tabloid news are always filled with controversies about celebrities, scandals and other public affairs. There are many times where we fail to commemorate the veterans that gave us those luxuries. Thank you to all the soldiers.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
The 2012 presidential race: Ads, money and travel
While the whole nation votes, the Obama and Romney campaigns are concentrating on specific states during the presidential race. The campaigns have mostly put up ads in battleground states (think Ohio or Florida). They also happen to be the places where the candidates travel the most. However, the campaigns are raising money elsewhere (think California or New York).
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Rotary speakers urge changes for public education
"America, the greatest and one of the richest nations on Earth, has one of the poorest performing public education systems among the industrialized nations of the world," he said. "Insufficient funding is not the problem."
http://colonyleader.com/articles/2012/05/23/news_update/7274.txt
http://colonyleader.com/articles/2012/05/23/news_update/7274.txt
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