Texas A&M In the News Again
by Read a scathing commentary on the direction of our fine school. Given the de-emphasis on Aggie traditions in recent years, it’s hard not to see …
Category: Education
Founding Father’s Info Site
Should be required reading for all Americans. And not just the one time you snooze through it in high school.
Texas A&M in the News
First, the bad news: the lawsuit against the school is back on in the case of the bonfire collapse. The thing that gets me about …
RE: Aggie journalists won’t go down `without a fight’
If the journalism department at Texas A&M is eliminated, as recommended by Liberal Arts Dean Charles Johnson, it would be a great loss to the …
RE: Teacher salary increases
In the July 20th issue of the Houston Chronicle, John Rodgers congratulates HISD for “rewarding veteran teachers for their years of service by giving them …
Re-districting Solution?
Usually William Raspberry makes me faintly ill. But his recent editorial about winner-take-all elections and redistricting/gerrymandering actually makes some sense. Of course, that means it …
Women Doing Fine
“The new high-tech economy is leaving women behind,” cries Ellen Smyth, president of the American Association of University Women’s Educational Foundation. That’s hardly the case. …
Stay in School, Fool
UT’s point guard T.J. Ford is likely to go pro. I’m something of a basketball player myself, if being a weekend warrior qualifies, and I …
School Food, not Exercise
Kids that eat too much junk food and exercise too little are prime candidates for diabetes, one study shows. This makes sense, doesn’t it? So …
HISD Officials Can’t Count
Audit confirms Houston Independent School District’s procedure to count dropouts is in disarray. I quote: “HISD says it has graduation rate of 72 percent, but …