Every Good Morning

For audio version click here Four days ago, in the Bluest of Blue states, this: Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, declared that “we have to realize that our schools are not an employment program” and vowed to press for the speedy establishment of a statewide teacher evaluation system. “It is this simple: It is not about the adults; it is about the children,” Mr. Cuomo said….” * In his 2011-2012 budget proposal Governor Corbett wanted legislation […]

For audio version click here Perhaps modernity itself may be more responsible than any other factor for the gaps of understanding that exist between public schools and their larger communities. The speed of daily life has increased, and this especially affects how locked in we are to our workplaces and routines by cellphones and email. With globalization and the creation of a “bits” as opposed to “atoms” economy, the pressure to become more productive has […]

For audio version click here A revealing moment occurs a third of the way through the great movie, The Right Stuff, the story of the first American astronauts of the Mercury program. A Washington insider sent out west to recruit hotshot test pilots to fly into space tells this truth about the necessity of funding: “No bucks, no Buck Rogers.” If there is no money, dreams don’t fly. This sentence applies to all public institutions. Public […]