Monthly Archives: September 2011

Kettering School Treasurer, Steve Clark, estimates that, if Ohio House Bill 136 is approved, Kettering Schools will lose at least $2.5 million in state funding and, in order to recoup this lost revenue, the school district eventually will need an … Continue reading →

Ohio’s Republican dominated Assembly seems intent on raising the ante concerning privatization of public education. The Education Committee of the Ohio House has approved radical legislation, HB136, that, if ratified by the Ohio Assembly, would greatly expand the current state … Continue reading →

A 130 page study, Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America, tells about the “Islamophobia echo chamber” — a well financed network of bigots — and how this influential group acts as a relentless propaganda machine, shamelessly … Continue reading →

It always makes me laugh to see the video clips, one after another, ala Steven Colbert, showing vocal Republicans all speaking from the same page. The latest mantra: “It’s class warfare,” “It’s class warfare,” “It’s class warfare,” — Paul Ryan, … Continue reading →

In a letter to his teaching staff (see below), Southeast Local Schools Superintendent Mike Shreffler describes a meeting he attended where Governor Kasish, in defending SB-5, told a “bold face lie.”  Shreffler said, “The absolute thing that bothered me the … Continue reading →