Terresa Monroe of Noisyroom.net and I made suggestions to improve the Carson City School District’s Web site Tuesday night during the school board meeting. Suggestions included posting secondary class syllabi, union contract, school budget, listing district payments, and digitalizing newsletters to parents.
It would be an understatement to say some board members were not very receptive […]

Middle and Upper Class Children Are Hurt By Full Day Kindergarten
Last month, Nevada media covered claims from the Clark County School District that it had “proven” the effectiveness of all day kindergarten with a “longitudinal” study that found reading aptitude was 3% higher for second graders who had attended full day kindergarten, compared to another […]

Letter to the Editor Nevada Appeal March 2, 2007
The Appeal’s all-day kindergarten story might mislead people into thinking that opponents believe the youngsters can’t handle going to school all day.
It would be more accurate to say that [one reason] all-day kindergarten is opposed is because the benefits don’t seem to carry over beyond the […]

Former Teacher to Lead Fight against All-day Kindergarten
By Ed Vogel
Review-Journal Capital Bureau
February 19, 2007
CARSON CITY — Former teacher Joe Enge is about to become a thorn in the side of Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, and anyone else who wants the Legislature to require full-day kindergarten classes in every Nevada elementary school.
“Why spend […]

I read the R-J this morning and saw the article featuring your position on all-day kindergarten. Your views coincide with mine, and I have been writing legislators about it since before this year’s session. I have attached my letter to them for your info.
The real problem, of course, is not education, per se; it is […]

Frustration and wrath were demonstrated by Assembly speaker Buckley, Assemblywoman Smith, and Senator Titus when Dr. Richard Phelps and I pointed out the fatal flaws of the APA Education Adequacy Study Wednesday morning.
Nevada taxpayers paid a Colorado consultant $225,000 for a study that used questionable methods to determine an inflated conclusion; Nevada was short $1.3 […]

(Source: Milton & Rose Friedman Foundation Press Release 2-12-07)
Gov. Huntsman signs Utah’s universal school voucher bill
First program in nation to achieve Milton Friedman’s vision
INDIANAPOLIS—Today, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed the nation’s first ever universal school voucher program into law. The program will allow nearly every family in the state to have a choice in […]

(Reprint of Sen. Bob Beers 2-12-07 Newsletter)
Last week, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that the Clark County School District has “proven” the effectiveness of all day kindergarten with a “longitudinal” study that found reading aptitude was 3% higher amongst children. If they took out the results of the non “at-risk” children, and just looked […]

The Nevada Senate Committee on Human Resources and Education heard testimony Monday in Carson City that the Clark County School District has left the state holding the bag for “at least” $5.7 million for incorrectly billed Medicaid charges in 2003-2004. There may be more in question for the period following. Charles Duarte, Administrator for the […]

(Source: Bob Beers Blog www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress)
Sen. Beers exposed the myth of Nevada spending the least amount for education to a voter in his reply below:
Good news, Diane! We are, in fact, not among the lowest states in our nation in education funding! That is fiction perpetrated by our professional educrat community (coincidentally, paid above the national […]

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