Matt Yglesias has an interesting piece about educational levels around the Great Depression compared to today that reflects on Paul Krugman’s pessimism about the economy and Ryan Avent’s optimism. The question is where will our economic recovery come from (and how soon)?
I’m no economist, but my sense is we are not likely to recover [...]
While I haven’t written much about it due to time, there’s been a tremendous amount of nonsense (polite term) going on with the College of DuPage (COD) Board of Trustees over the last few years. Trustees resigning because of board ineffectiveness and poor leadership with the incumbent trustee board chair investigated and sued because [...]
We’d rather continue to substantially cut taxes, especially those at the upper end, while sacrificing our society’s future economic competitiveness and health through reduced infrastructure spending, reduced education spending, and reduced health care spending among others. On that latter topic, Ezra poses the challenge:
“A decent society doesn’t spen[d] $70 billion on an upper-class tax [...]
Almost absent from the dominant discussion of the federal stimulus package (and bailouts) is any attempt at progressive change that goes beyond the surface of ‘what we buy.’ I spoke yesterday about tying taxpayer expenditures to a living wage – but I’ve been thinking about this type of thing for a while agreeing with [...]
John McCain is against improving education benefits for veterans because it could affect military retention rates. What do you even say about a policy amounting to ‘keep ‘em down and they’ll stick around’? Horrifying? Accurate? Cynical? Exploitive? Whatever it is – it isn’t what any decent person would call “patriotic.”
[OneMan in comments below is right - Henry Treftz, Vice Chair of the Aurora Township GOP was there (although I missed seeing him) - and yes, he is a cool guy.]
Last Friday over 125 people attended Alderman Stephanie Kifowit’s official announcement that she is running for Mayor of Aurora. Under the banner “Leadership that [...]
While I haven’t written about it – I’ve looked into the District 203 referendum and spoken to people outside the process who ought to know (including former school board candidates). The candidates have suggested that some sort of renovation has to take place at Naperville Central High School – a position I also take. [...]
The Indian Prairie District 204 board vote locating the new Metea High School at the Eola site was unanimous according to today’s Naperville Sun. They hope to start construction in March.
Democratic State Representative Paul Froehlich, a former high school teacher and school board member, received the endorsement of both the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Illinois Education Association (IEA) in the 56th District Democratic Primary February 5th. In the State House Paul Froehlich Chairs the Disparities in Educational Achievement Committee and is [...]
The Daily Herald reports today that Indian Prairie School District 204 Administrators will recommend building the new Metea Valley High School “on 87 acres on the east side of Eola Road, bordered on the north by the Illinois Prairie Path, at the northern end of the district.” The land would cost about $16.5 million [...]
