Category Archives: schools

OBENSHAIN ON BACK TO COLLEGE AND OUR NEW NOMINEES

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

In his latest Obenshain Report,  Senator Mark Obenshain talks about keeping the cost of college down. In addition, with respect to the state Senate races, he assesses the result of the Republican primary elections. College gets more expensive every year, and Virginia’s … Continue reading →

Posted in candidate support, Legislative Updates, Republican Party, schools, Senator Mark Obenshain

COMBINED CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF — MILT JOHNS AND GIL TRENUM

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

The seats on the Prince William County School Board will be contested in this year’s election (November 8). If you live in the Brentsville Magisterial District, that means you get to vote for the Chairman At-Large and the Brentsville District Representative. Milt Johns currently serves as … Continue reading →

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Instruction in PWCS to be Limited to the SOLs (via PWC Education Reform Blog)

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

What is the problem with Big Government? In order to protect ourselves from government bureaucrats, we have to get down into nitnoid details we otherwise would never bother with. Officials in PWCS have proposed that instruction in district schools for Math and English be … Continue reading →

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WHY SOME PEOPLE CENSURE BAD BEHAVIOR VERY SLIGHTLY NOT AT ALL — PART 2

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

  This post continues where WHY SOME PEOPLE CENSURE BAD BEHAVIOR VERY SLIGHTLY NOT AT ALL — PART 1 left off. Where did leave off? How do we deal with the fact that some people too enthusiastically push their own … Continue reading →

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WHY SOME PEOPLE CENSURE BAD BEHAVIOR VERY SLIGHTLY NOT AT ALL — PART 1

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Is Adam Smith‘s The Wealth of Nations relevant today. You be the judge.  In what follows, Smith explains the role that class distinctions play in morality. What is the subject? It is not what you would expect. Smith is speaking “Of the Expence of the … Continue reading →

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OVERCOMING THE POLITICS OF ADULT “TODDLERS” — PART 1

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

  In THE POLITICS OF ADULT “TODDLERS”, we considered the grasping nature of adult “toddlers”, men and women who put their wants above any higher purpose. To overcome the world, each of us must seek and find strength within. We must learn to build each other … Continue reading →

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A LITTLE FOLLOW-UP

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

Here is a link to a post at Common Sense. McDonnell vetoes mandatory PE bill In an era when all localities are tightening their belts and we are trying to do more with less in our public schools, the last … Continue reading →

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Governor McDonnell – Please Veto the Mandatory PE Bill (via PWC Education Reform Blog)

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Here is an illustration of how mandates from the federal government and the Commonwealth of Virginia hobble local school boards. When supposedly well-intentioned legislators pass mandate after mandate after mandate…, how can any school board do its job? When mandates have soaked up all their funds, … Continue reading →

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