Month: <span>May 2012</span>

Romney: No Friend of Public Education

Now that Mitt Romney has secured the Republican presidential nomination, he no longer has to convince a majority of Republican primary voters that he is a Neanderthal who believes the Earth really may be flat. Now, he feels the need to convince a majority of Americans that he cares what they care about – a […]

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Former math teacher promoted public schools

Texas’ public schools lost another champion this week with the death of former State Rep. Ernestine Glossbrenner of Alice. Her passing follows by a few weeks that of former State Sen. Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi, who also worked hard for the public schools and the people who work in them. Glossbrenner, whose 16year legislative […]

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Graduation: A time to celebrate and…

If you will allow me a personal note, I helped my daughter, Taylor, celebrate her graduation last weekend from the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a bachelor of science in biology. A graduation alone is cause for celebration, but this one was particularly noteworthy to me because it was accomplished in four […]

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Perry’s fable about college costs

His disaster of a presidential campaign notwithstanding, Gov. Rick Perry apparently believes he can still fool most Texans all the time. Consider a dance he had with reporters in San Antonio yesterday when asked about the future job security of University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers. The governor denied a report he had […]

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