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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick

A couple of stories in the paper today about public schools in and around Portland are sure to touch some nerves out in the community. One is about using Mexican textbooks, and the other about an outspoken high school principal who sees the issues at her school very much in black and white terms.

Posted at 2:18 PM | Permalink

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There's some discussion of the latter on my blog, FYI.

Posted by Steve | September 19, 2007 3:04 PM

I've written about the Cynthia Harris ">"situation," as well.

Posted by Wacky Mommy | September 19, 2007 9:17 PM

Whacky Mommy post is a Very Good Read.

Posted by dman | September 20, 2007 12:00 PM

3. EDUCATION must be relative to our people, i.e., history, culture, bilingual education, contributions, etc. Community control of our schools, our teachers, our administrators, our counselors, and our programs.

So, why don't we all find out where this came from and report back.

Posted by Jack Peek | September 22, 2007 9:21 AM

For the very young there will no longer be acts of juvenile delinquency, but revolutionary acts.

Here is another "soundbite"

I bet even Sam Adams knows about this problem.

Posted by Jack Peek | September 22, 2007 9:25 AM

You know what, I think he does know, but political correct thinking will prevent a comment.

I have one RECALL the damn goverment in Salem, all of them for this BS!

Posted by Jack Peek | September 22, 2007 9:28 AM