Category: Education

It’s the quiet before the storm part two. Thursday morning the State House is scheduled to take up their version of the Norris bill, which as far as I can tell, hasn’t been amended one bit. I’m not even sure that any offers have been made to amend the bill, though I realize that the…

Above is the video of last night’s session in the Tennessee Senate. Sorry that it’s Silverlight, but I don’t have any control over what technology the state decides to use. The download wasn’t too bad for me. During that session, SB0025, a bill that impacts the way in which the transfer of Memphis City Schools…

Community Involvement, Counting to Seven, & Speeding to Litigation One of the things that’s really impressed me about the past month and a half is the way that Memphians have come out to inform themselves on what’s happening with the schools. Town Hall after Town Hall, meeting after meeting, people have been genuinely interested in…

Yesterday, like many of the past several days, was fast paced and fluid. As I noted in my post yesterday, the State Senate took up Sen. Norris’ bill on Tuesday, the State House Education Committee looked passed it yesterday. I haven’t had time to look at the video of that event, but will do so…

Defining “Enhanced Self-Determination” Anyone familiar with the work of George Carlin has likely heard his rant on on language, particularly euphemisms. Carlin aptly notes: I don’t like words that hide the truth. I don’t like words that conceal reality. I don’t like euphemisms or euphemistic language. And American english is loaded with euphemisms. Because Americans…

Mallott Is In, Haslam Weighs In and local Republicans Phone it In It was another crazy day. Yesterday, in the CA, MCS Commissioner Betty Mallott came down from her post on the fence of the issue and penned a thoughtful Op-Ed in support of charter surrender. The article lays out the foundation of how we…