Archive for January, 2007

Saving lives: death and seat belts

Posted by Tom on January 23rd, 2007

This post isn’t about public education. It’s not about technology. It’s about tragedy.
I was driving home from a family reunion over the Christmas holiday when someone ran out in front of my car, waving for me to stop. It was dark. I was on the freeway. I swerved, missed him […]

Fees for Public Schools

Posted by Tom on January 19th, 2007

The Deseret News ran an article about HB 68, which allocates state money to reimburse local districts for the cost of fee waivers.
Rep. Merlynn Newbold, R-South Jordan, suggested looking at boosting the state’s per-student funding formula to get rid of fees altogether, if equity is the question. She and two others voted against the bill.
“We […]

Day on the Hill — Live Blog

Posted by Tom on January 18th, 2007

I’m at the Utah School Boards Association’s “Day on the Hill.” I’ll be live-blogging parts of the discussion and comments from those present.
Some discussion of HB 234. I wasn’t completely paying attention (was working on a different topic), but it sounds like they’re missing the point here. Ass I read it, the […]