Guest Op Ed Reno Gazette-Journal
Posted: 3/28/2007
By Joe Enge
It was the same date, centuries ago, when a man popular to the people and dangerous to the elites walked through the Roman forum to the Senate. He would not be returning. It was the Ides of March and conspirators lay in wait.
On the Ides of March […]

Lisa Snell from The Reason Foundation will be speaking about Empowerment Thursday, March 29, 5:30 p.m. at the Nevada Room in the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City. Lisa is one of the leading national experts on Empowerment. Jodi Stephens from the Governor’s Office will open the forum. A short video by Dr. Michael Strembitsky, the […]

Leftist lawmakers explore aggressive tactics to derail debate about funding issues for education
The March issue of Liberty Watch Magazine is out. You can read my latest column by clicking here. Heidi Harris and Randi Thompson also weigh in on Nevada education issues.

Heidi points out another wrong direction taken in Nevada’s education debate. She correctly notes the main reason teachers leave teaching is because of the environment in the system. She states in her Liberty Watch Magazine column:
“Since Nevada chooses to reject this available pool of math and science experts, here’s an idea: Try hanging onto the […]

Among issues, Nevada’s educational problems require logical solutions, not full-day kindergarten
Randi explains the Republican position of saying “no” to Democrats’ expensive and ineffective education plans:
“While the Democrats focus on full-day kindergarten as the answer to our educational woes, Republicans wonder why they aren’t addressing this staggering statistic: Last year, 30 percent of students who started […]

As Budgets Swell, Spending Choices Get New Scrutiny
By Michele McNeil for Education Week
3-23-07
Nevada is by no means the only state where increases in funding education are spent in a questionable manner. An even bigger issue is the lack of data available to determine if any funding increases made a difference. Objective, data driven decisions are […]

The Carson City School Board will be meeting tonight at 7:00 in the Sierra Room at the Community Center. There will be a recommendation for 3 new principals. The principals for Empire, Fremont, and Fritsch elementary schools are retiring at the end of this school year. You can read the agenda by clicking here.

Dr. Robert Schmidt gave a presentation to the Senate Human Resources and Education Committee last Friday on Career and Technical Education. His ideas, research, and plan have the badly needed substance and vision, which is so often lacking in the discourse regarding education in Nevada.
Norm Dianda, director of Nevada Policy Research Institute, and I spoke […]

Faux fur is fine, but faux education plans like LEAPS (Local Empowerment and Accountability for Public Schools) are designed to muddy the waters and reinforce the power held by the monopolistic education system while pretending to be real reform. Oh how they love their acronyms! SB 304 doesn’t cut it for imagery. LEAPS on the […]

Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Erin Neff admitted in Sunday’s article she was predisposed towards All-Day K, and then something happened when the Clark County School District tried to further spin their story last Tuesday to the Review-Journal editorial board. They not only lost the sale, but dug themselves into a deeper hole, a hole so […]

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