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Transparent Christina: This Week in Education: John Thompson post.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:37 -0500

A must read…. November 20, 2009 | Posted At: 10:34 AM | Author: john thompson | Category: by John Thompson Thompson: Gerald Bracey’s Concluding Remarks The last Bracey Report should be read and reread in its balanced, jewel-like entirety. Federal accountability schemes, despite their avowed purpose of helping the poor, make no sense unless you also believe that American education [...]

Transparent Christina: United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters: Education

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:53 -0500

November 19, 2009The Honorable John P. KlineRanking MemberCommittee on Education and LaborHouse of RepresentativesThe Honorable Michael CastleRanking MemberSubcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementaryand Secondary EducationCommittee on Education and LaborHouse of RepresentativesThe Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeonHouse of RepresentativesThe Department of Education (Education) administers about 200 programs that award grants totaling about [...]

miriam's ideas: Literally!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:49:00 -0500

James Taranto takes John Kerry to task for misusing the word "literally."

First of all, remember when they kept telling us how smart Kerry was? The guy doesn't even know how to use the word "literally."

This is mean and completely unfair.

In' [...]

Transparent Christina: Alternative test may inflate score gains

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:37 -0500

Virginia’s move to expand its use of portfolios to include students who are learning grade-level skills is unusual. It’s costly. Fairfax spent more than $500,000 to train teachers and score portfolios last year, not to mention thousands of hours of teacher time compiling them. It’s also risky. Experts say blending the results of different [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Valero Refinery to Close

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:18 -0500

The Oil Refinery that produces 70% of the gasoline for the Delmarva Peninsula is shutting down. The Delaware City Refinery which has provided high paying jobs to Delawareans for decades has been losing money to the tune of $1 million dollars a day in 2009. 550 Workers will be [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Experience ?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:23 -0500

Experience, what is it really ? Well it can be defined as something that you have lived through. It can be defined as , observation of or participation in events resulting in or tending towards knowledge.

We tend to put a lot of emphasis on a persons experience when talking [...]

Kilroy's delaware: Should Markell use rent-a-cop for personal protection

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:49:19 -0500

If Jack Markell wants to put rent-a-cops in schools for replacement of State Troopers serving as SROs perhaps he should replace his person State Police security detail with rent-a-cops! “Since there is a shortage of police officers, maybe the governor should as well remove all officers who provide him with a safe [...]

Kilroy's delaware: Duncan’s ass crack extends to the base of his brain

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:06:18 -0500

…”The New York Post patted its own back today, hard, for helping the state renew the mayor’s control of the public schools. The surprising thing is that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined in, thanking the newspaper, owned by the ambitious Rupert Murdoch, for its “leadership” and “thoughtfulness.” [...]

Kilroy's delaware: America’s # 1 Teacher OMG

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:34 -0500

“The great thing about Race to the Top is that it has jump-started reforms across the country before we’ve even spent a penny,” he said. (Arne Duncan) Wow Arne if we can do it without spending one penny why are you willing to piss away $4,500,000,000,00 billion dollars? [...]

Kilroy's delaware: Markell R2TT media blitz has begun

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:56:18 -0500

The Delaware Secretary of Education budget announcement is part of preplanned agenda to shake things up in order to gain support if applying for Race to The Top Funds. The Race to The Top Fund isn’t you everyday federal grant. It is an agreement that the state will conform to The United States [...]

Dave Burris: It’s Very Simple

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:26 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Charlie Copeland = Jobs & People

John Kowalko = Cap & Trade, RGGI & Unions.

Notice the opponent of industry, the redistributionist Kowalko, never mentions one iota of sympathy for those involved. John Kowalko’s a good guy. He’s just dead wrong too often.

We need jobs, folks. And people with [...]

Dave Burris: Bosse For Congress

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:16 -0500

From NowHampshire.com:

Republican activist and free market think-tanker Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district.

New Hampshire has only two congressional districts, neither of which [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: Comment Rescue: Kowalko Slams Copeland on Valero.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:25 -0500

Number of comments: 11
This deserves its own post: From John Kowalko: Ladies and gentlemen, You have the advantage of witnessing the final morphing of Charlie Copeland into a Rick Jensen of the blogosphere. Charlie has taken no verifiable facts, added a dose of false accusations, sprinkled in some blame without regard to any sense of honesty, [...]

Dave Burris: Giuliani Weighing Senate Run; Leads in Poll

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:54 -0500

Rudy Giuliani is weighing a run for the US Senate against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York. In a recent poll showed Giuliani with a 54-40 lead in a hypothetical Senate race.

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Delaware Way: Jobs? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Jobs?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:00 -0500

At the Daily Kos, Meteor Blades grabs this graph from CalculatedRisk today.
CalculatedRisk reports - (go to either site to enlarge the graph) Three states are at record unemployment rates: California, Delaware and Rhode Island. Several others are close.

This graph shows the [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: Hard to argue? Not really

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:00 -0500

Michael Lind in Salon (h/t to Joanne Jacobs), despite some ridiculous bloviating against conservatives and the GOP, makes a pretty persuasive case that the Pledge of Allegiance is "un-American": Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the...' [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: Breaking and continuing: Evidence that global warming alarmists have been faking it?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:00 -0500

In a word, "wow."... [...]

Delaware Libertarian: Breaking! DSU Trustees select Dr Harry Williams as next President

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0500

No details on the maneuverings, but I have it confirmed that current Provost and Academic VP of DSU, Dr Harry Williams, has been announced as DSU's next President.

In my (always humble) opinion, the best choice available to them.

Good luck, Dr Williams. [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: Is Sen. Venables An “Honored Guest” At A Fundraiser for Colin Bonini?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:16 -0500

Number of comments: 8
Now this pdf letter lacks and real official markings, but it is being circulated as an official invite. And now you are asking yourself why a Senator belonging to the Democratic caucus is an Honored Guest or a Sponsor or Host for a fundraiser for a Republican candidate for Treasurer, [...]

Delaware Way: Passing Out Of Committee, HR 515 - Radioactive Import Deterrence Act - Bars Nuclear Regulatory Commission From Allowing Radioactive Waste Importation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:00 -0500

Frieda Berryhill writes ~
HR 515 would prohibit the importation of certain low level waste into the United States

Radioactive Import Deterrence Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from issuing a license authorizing the importation into the United States [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: Dopey Philly Inquirer Letter of the Week

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:00 -0500

Peter A. Friedrichs, like one of the LGOMB (pandora), doesn't understand what profiling is: Racial and ethnic profiling is morally reprehensible because it seeks to label people based solely on their race or nationality ("Fear of offending is a threat...'" [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: Watcher's Council results

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:00 -0500

First place in the Council category was Bookworm Room with The Perils Of An Affirmative Action President. First place in the non-Council category was The Rosistance with The lawyer in the White House and the spy in federal prison giving... [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: More evidence the Left doesn't believe in free speech

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:00 -0500

Remember -- it's only "dangerous speech" when the Right does it. Here's Arianna "I'm Only Somebody Because I Married Rich" Huffington on why Glenn Beck doesn't deserve First Amendment rights: "It is frightening," Huffington replied. "Well, I would say the..." [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: Yep, I'm sure it's just a coincidence

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:00 -0500

... that just happens to neatly coincide with the nigh-near passage of some sort of Obamacare: Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to... [...]

Delmar DustPan: Delaware City Refinery Closing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:00 -0500

DNREC PRESS RELEASE
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control responds to news of refinery closing

DOVER - At the direction of Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin P. O’Mara has assembled a team of environmental scientists and engineers to oversee the [...]

The Colossus of Rhodey: Ever wonder why the U.S. lags [so far] behind others in math?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:00 -0500

This might be an answer.... [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Thanksgiving Bacon!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Bacon-Wrapped Turkey with Pear Cider Gravy. Doesn't that sound good? I'm seriously rethinking my own Thanksgiving turkey preparation (fresh turkey, honey brine, stuffed with fresh herbs and roasted on the grill) for this one featuring bacon. [...]

Delaware Way: Buy America? Weak ARRA Provisions Send 4,500 Windfarm Manufacturing Jobs Overseas And DE GOP Bitches About Carney's Efforts To Bring Jobs Here?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:00 -0500

FDL has a new jobs blog, Welcome to Work in Progress. Contributor Michael Whitney kicked this post out yesterday ~ Richard Trumka, Andy Stern accuse [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: Mindnumbing Quote of the Day

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:25 -0500

Number of comments: 5
"So what if Sarah Palin didn't write this book? Even God used early scribes to write the Bible," - Moe Lang, a commenter on Amazon.com.' [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: Valero

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:04:12 -0500

Number of comments: 15
Valero closed today due to capitalism in action. The owners of Valero were losing money in operating the plant because demand for gas was low. Thus, by closing the plant, they hope to squeeze supply so as to make gas prices rise. And when gas prices do rise, we hear [...]

Delaware Way: Delaware's Sustainable Energy Utility's ENERGIZE DELAWARE THIS WEEK Update

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0500

Delaware Sustainable Energy UtilityENERGIZE DELAWARE THIS WEEK
SEU IN THE NEWS
New Design for New Climate The Sunday News Journal featured an op-ed highlighting the leadership of Delaware’s architectural and research communities in dramatically improving performance in the energy sector. The piece is co-authored by Dr. John Byrne, [...]

miriam's ideas: Selling your house

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:00 -0500

The new mantra about how to sell your house concerns "staging." This is the art of turning your home into something impersonal. It's supposed to look like nobody lives there. Think motel room, or better yet, motel lobby.

Down come the pictures on the refrigerator. Off comes the wallpaper. [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Does “Green” Job Markell have any responsiblity for this?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:40 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Valero to close Del. refinery (good job Mr. VP, evil energy co. gets its just deserts)–The Democrat energy bill removed many refinery provisions.

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 11/20/2009 | staff
Valero Energy Corp., the largest U.S. refiner, announced today that it will permanently close its Delaware City, Del., plant because of [...]

Delaware Way: MoveOn.org Writes: Petition To Save The Public Option - Say NO To A Triggered Delay

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:46:00 -0500

From the inbox:

The Senate is taking up health care reform tomorrow. But some conservative Democratic Senators are still trying to kill the public health insurance option. Instead of opposing it outright, they're pushing a sneaky proposal called a "trigger" that could delay it indefinitely—by forcing us to wait for' [...]

Delaware Way: Jud Bennett Writes: Update On "How Sussex County Operates" - Next Meeting Friday - 12/4/09 - 7PM - Lewes Library

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 -0500

Forwarded Information for your education about how Sussex County operates and how future Development will affect you here in Lewes and in all of Sussex County:

FOLKS, HERE IS A BROAD REVIEW OF THE TOWNHALL MEETING COUNCIL WOMAN JOAN DEAVER (D) (3rd District) ORGANIZED ON NOVEMBER 12th AT THE [...]

Dave Burris: Questions That Deserve Answers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:23 -0500

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RAISES QUESTIONS ON CARNEY APPLICATION
-Failure to Act on Poliquin FOIA Request Troubling-

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2009

DelawareLiberal.Net: Friday Open Thread

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:26 -0500

Number of comments: 15
It’s Friday! It’s the day you’ve been waiting all week to arrive. Not only is it Friday but it’s also open thread time. It’s almost too much excitement! All I can say about this is that David Vitter should be target #1 for national Democrats in the Senate. This is absolutely [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Tax Payer Advocate Ron Poliquin takes on Carney Backroom Deal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:58:47 -0500

Number of comments: 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2009

DOVER — Taxpayer advocate Ron Poliquin questions the Delaware Economic Development Office (“DEDO”) and Secretary Alan Levin’s acts of “deny and delay” in response to his October 20th Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking details into DelaWind, LLC, executive vice president and Democratic U.S. [...]

What A Smell?: Vote Healthcare NO!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:54:00 -0500

It looks like goofy Harry Reid is planning a vote in the Senate tomorrow for or against, the zillion page, health care bill. It is up to us to raise hell and get this knocked out. Most people don't realize the liberties and freedoms that will quickly disappear, should this' [...]

Delaware Way: Frieda Berryhill Writes: They Are Still Calling It "Junk Science"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:00 -0500

Report links cancer cases near nuclear power plant
Thyroid cancer at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is 106 % above average. Please watch both videos:
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~*~

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Delaware Way: Think Progress' Analysis Of The Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:00 -0500

From the inbox:

The Progress Report - The New Senate Health Bill

Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which merged the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee's bill with the Finance Committee's bill. According to preliminary [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: McCain Vulnerable For Senate Re-election

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:57 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Just over one year ago, John McCain was the Republican nominee for president. Today he is vulnerable in his home state’s senate primary: Rasmussen Reports finds Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) clinging to a two-point lead over a possible challenger, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.). Chris Simcox, the leader of the anti-illegal [...]

Children and Educators First!: The State of Delaware's High School Graduation Requirements beginning 2011 followed by Christina's

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:00 -0500

3.0 Graduation Requirements Beginning with the Class of 2011 [www.doe.k12.de.us]

3.1 Beginning with the graduating class of 2011, a public school student shall be granted a State of Delaware Diploma when such student has successfully completed a minimum of twenty two (22) credits in order to graduate [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Comment Resuce GW Fraud Smoking Gun?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:49:56 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Do hacked e-mails show global-warming fraud?

hotair.com ^ | 11/20/2009 | Staff
Controversy has exploded onto the Internet after a major global-warming advocacy center in the UK had its e-mail system hacked and the data published on line. The director of the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit confirmed [...]

Dave Burris: Delaware Unemployment Hits 8.7%

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:41:40 -0500

Number of comments: 7

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly report today, showing that the state’s unemployment rate rose from 8.3% to 8.7% last month alone. And that news is only compounded by the blow from today’s Valero announcement. If the 55o full-time employees from Valero are added to the mix, [...]

Delaware Way: Markell Employs Rapid Response Teams In Wake Of Valero Refinery Closing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:37:00 -0500

(presser)
Markell Responds to Valero’s Decision to Permanently Cease Refinery Operations in Delaware
State coordinates response to assist workers and ensure environmental health and safety

DELAWARE CITY – Gov. Jack Markell said today that state agencies will act quickly to assist workers affected by the closing of the Valero refinery in [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: Parents

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:29:49 -0500

Number of comments: 15
“Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcomed their seventh grandchild, Sarah Lynne Cheney, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz and was born at 8:17 A.M. at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. Her parents are the Cheney’s daughter Mary and her partner, Heather [...]

Dave Burris: How Long?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:21:56 -0500

How long will the state and their protectors at the News Journal continue to ignore the powerful charges of brutality coming out of our prisons? Another report released today by CRI shows that 41 inmates have signed their names to an official complaint about an instance of brutality that [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: November Cattle Call

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:11:26 -0500

Number of comments: 8
The statewide fields are starting to take shape for 2010. [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Let Us Help You, Senator Reid

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:28 -0500

Senator Reid seems to be having problems getting votes for his crazy health deform proposal. Being a patriotic American, I want to help. My suggestion is that he steals Bobbie Jindal’s plan. You are welcome.

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TommyWonk: More on John Carney and DelaWind

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0500

Writing in the News Journal, Aaron Nathans has an update on DelaWind's efforts to build wind power towers for Bluewater Wind. DelaWind, which is now 95 percent owned by Amer Industrial Technologies, expects to create 567 jobs at its Edgemoor plant and another 116 jobs at Evraz Claymont Steel [...]

Delmar DustPan: Big Girls Don't Cry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:38:00 -0500

Today in 1962 the song ""Big Girls Don't Cry" was released by The Four Seasons.

When they started they were just the Four Seasons but later became Frankie Valli and the Four seasons. They had a unique sound sung mostly in falsetto.'" [...]

Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog: ABA Seminar on Delaware Corporate Law and Potentially Increasing Federalization

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:59 -0500

I am blogging from the ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting in D.C. This post is the product of the notes taken at the following panel presentation:

Federalization of Corporation Law in a Time of Crisis - Which Institutions are Best Able to Improve Corporate Governance and Performance Going Forward. Presented by: [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: An interview with Fred Cullis, candidate for Congress DE-1

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:36:34 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Businessman Fred Cullis is ready to step up and serve. He started his political involvement at the bottom as a 2000 Bush volunteer and a checker challenger, but now he believes we need his perspective as a businessman in Congress. He is ready to clean up the mess on the hill. Before [...]

Dave Burris: BREAKING: Valero Closing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:44 -0500

Number of comments: 2

A well-placed government source has informed me that the Valero plant in Delaware City will announce today that it is making major operational changes that will affect its 1,500 employees. The source also informs me that State Police have been dispatched to provide security for the announcement.

If it is true [...]

DelawareLiberal.Net: An Assault On Traditional Divorce

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:58 -0500

Number of comments: 4
Social conservatives have been make dire predictions about how same sex marriage will ruin traditional marriage if it’s allowed. So, what’s happening in Massachusetts, where same sex marriage has been allowed for 5 years? Actually, the “experiment” has been running in Massachusetts for fully 1/2 decade now. Over three years ago [...]

Delaware Libertarian: Tom Englehardt's seven reasons to get out of Afghanistan now

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:41:00 -0500

... which he cast as if given in a speech by President Obama:

1. We have no partner in Afghanistan. The control of the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai hardly extends beyond the embattled capital of Kabul. He himself has just been returned to office in a [...]

DelawarePolitics.net: Does Being Black Mean You Support Bad Bills?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:35 -0500

Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted opponents of health care deform, including Alabama Congressman Authur Davis -D. He is no longer black according to Rev. Jackson. I disagree. He is just no longer controled. Being black does not mean you have a slavish devotion to socialism. Being black in America means that [...]

Children and Educators First!: Budget 2011, Education Spending Cuts

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 -0500

Delaware Dept. of Education seeks leaner budget
for 2011

Request down $3.68 million from fiscal 2010
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DelawareLiberal.Net: Moments of Rationality

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:24:47 -0500

Number of comments: 6
Coburn is shot down and Huckabee sounds downright respectful of the President. Is this a new trend of rationality on the part of the GOP, or is it just insincere political maneuvering. [...]