by Whitney | Nov 27, 2011 | community, education, learning, legal, politics
Emma Sullivan, a high school senior, got caught up in the news cycle, for posting a tweet about Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. Now her school is demanding that she write an apology letter for a pretty innocuous comment- ““Just made mean comments at gov. brownback...
by Whitney | Nov 7, 2011 | politics
This old chestnut is certainly true- All Politics are Local. But the stage upon which they are staged and played keeps growing. The local politicians, school board presidents, township supervisors, police- all of these folks do more, every day, to influence the...
by Whitney | Oct 25, 2011 | politics
Politicians have it hard these days. We live in a representative democracy, where we essentially hire people to make decisions on our behalf on the local, state and national levels. They compete with a select group of our peers to make decisions on our behalf, and...
by Whitney | Jul 25, 2011 | education, learning, parenting, politics
There’s a recent article in the New York Times that talks about should be taught to teachers in Ed School, or in essence, what should a teacher have to know before going into a classroom? One of the teachers quoted in the article says something to the effect of...
by Whitney | Apr 27, 2011 | community, economics, explanations, learning, new media, politics, Uncategorized
Part 1 of a Three Part Series on the New Economy and Disruption of the Middle Class and What Comes Next… Part 2: The Rise of the Individual Part 3: Implications for Our Kids and the Future This week, I read an interesting story in Newsweek magazine about...
by Whitney | Mar 17, 2011 | business, community, economics, education, politics
Or- The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences The World seems to be in chaos on both global and local scales. Food and fuel prices are going up. Banks are raising ATM fees. Baggage fees are going up on airlines, meaning folks will cram more and more into those overheads...