Education
BULLIES: What do you do when the School is the Bully?
By Guest Writer at May 17, 2012 | 8:00 am | 0 Comment
By Patti Howell
I truly believe it is easier to fight City Hall than it is to fight the Central Dauphin school district! They make their own rules and run their schools like a dictatorship. Their word is law… Read the rest
[...read more]No surprises at Central Dauphin school board meeting
By Rock The Capital - Admin at May 12, 2012 | 10:35 pm | 0 Comment
Educational Moral Hazards
By Eric Epstein at May 8, 2012 | 9:19 am | 0 Comment
Eric Epstein, a redisent of the Central Dauphin School District, offered the following testimony on Monday, May7, 2012. The Board unanimously approved – by a 9-0, vote – an “unannounced agenda” item to furlough 84 District employees including 74… Read the rest
[...read more]How Do We Improve Public Schools? Take Away Their Funding, Terrorize Teachers, and Send Kids Somewhere Else (According to lawmakers)
By Guest Writer at April 17, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
By Elizabeth Walters
How can we improve public education for our children?
The answers to this question–and the perspectives on the current quality of public education in the United States–are as varied and individualized as the 55 million students… Read the rest
[...read more]Bullying: We Rail Against It, But Actually Do Little To Discourage It
By John Messeder at April 13, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
It is said bullying leave scars that last a lifetime. I think the definition of scar includes “last a lifetime.” I have scars from falls, scars from surgery in 1981, scars from an airplane crash in 1968, and a… Read the rest
[...read more]Top Ten Teen Smoking States
By Eric Epstein at April 9, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
| State | % Who Smoked A Cigarette In A Month |
Rank of State Funding for Tobacco Control |
| 1) Kentucky | 15.9% | 40 |
| 2) Wyoming | 14.9% | 3 |
| 3) Arkansas | 14.5% | 10 |
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Comments of Eric J. Epstein Re: Community Task Force
By Tom Owad at March 29, 2012 | 1:33 pm | 0 Comment
“The West Chester Area School District organized a volunteer Community Budget Task Force in September, 2009. Its goal was to study the district’s budget to find ways to reduce the 2010-11 school year budget by at least $4.9
Tom’s Top Twelve Tall Tales: Tale #6
By Timothy Dewald at March 29, 2012 | 1:22 pm | 0 Comment
Governor Tom tells tall tales. Here is Tom’s Top Twelve Tall Tale Number Six – Public sector execs are overpaid.
In 2009, the average compensation for a private sector CEO was $10,982,000 per year. Before he was sacked as… Read the rest
[...read more]Wanted: Outdoor Classrooms and Space To Dream
By John Messeder at March 16, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
I went for a walk in the woods one day with the granddaughters, in search of the source of a creek which flows from the county where I live in south-central Pennsylvania, across the state line into Maryland, and… Read the rest
[...read more]School Superintendent Severance; How About Limiting The Secrecy Which Surrounds It
By John Messeder at March 13, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
State legislators have begun work on long overdue legislation to limit the damage to local taxpayers when a school board and its superintendent part ways.
In Fall 2010, after renewing his contract only a few months earlier, the Gettysburg… Read the rest
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