Ground Hog
The Ground Hog that makes the void under Radley Barn was hanging out there again.
Taken on Sunday April 11, 2021 at Education.
Education
Pussy Willow
Always the pussy willows are very colorful this time of year. And great for the butterflies and other polinators.
Taken on Sunday April 11, 2021 at Education.Trump Says He Will Start New Commission : NPR
In austere, starkly divisive remarks, President Trump on Thursday said he would create a commission to promote "patriotic education" and announced the creation of a grant to develop a "pro-American curriculum." The move is largely political — a reaction to a growing push by some academics for schools to teach an American history that better acknowledges slavery and systemic racism.
I think schools should be teaching more about the legacy of folks like Jane Jacobs, Mario Savio and Abbie Hoffman. Or for matter folk singer Phil Ochs and Malvina Reynolds and studying the writings of Robert Caro and Vance Packard. History that uplifts ordinary Americans and give headaches to the power brokers.
Bird Watching
I've bend spending more time bird watching at Five Rivers.
Taken on Sunday May 17, 2020 at Education.NPR
"Cuts to funding at schools will forever impact the lives of children," Beutner said less than a week after California's governor called for emergency cuts in education spending. The harm children face from these cuts, Beutner warned, "is just as real a threat to them as is the coronavirus."
Similar alarms are sounding in districts across the country. With the nation's attention still fixed on the COVID-19 health crisis, school leaders are warning of a financial meltdown that could devastate many districts and set back an entire generation of students.
Spring Is Sprung
Walking around Five Rivers on Earth Day, one could really feel that spring has sprung.
Taken on Wednesday April 22, 2020 at Education.How Purdue University’s President Froze Tuition – The Atlantic
’ll tell you a funny story,” said Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University. It was the day before the first home football game of the season and he was sitting in his corner office, overlooking the postcard-perfect quad.
“So the cost of a year of undergraduate college at Purdue University, tuition and fees, is $9,992. I’m proud of that number.
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“One day I’m looking at one of those college guides, and it said, ‘Tuition and fees: $10,002.’ I called up our people and said, ‘Lookit here, there’s a mistake. You got the wrong number.’ They said, ‘That’s not a mistake.’ I said, ‘Yes, it is. Believe me. I know.’ They went back and checked and they said, ‘No, that’s the right figure.’