A wee bit of cinnamon on top of the coffee grounds is pretty damn good…
- John Gardner: Rural voices should be screaming for mass transit. Yes. Yes, they should.
- Lee A. Thomas: Cuts to education will negatively impact kids.
- Interesting read from Dan Popkey about Bill Roden.
- Over the weekend, a Nampa gem, Pete’s Tavern was broken into. Clicky for photos of this treasure of a bar.
- Speaking of pubs; torching a pub is just wrong on so many levels.
- It’s pretty amazing what can happen when you combine a creative genius, a welding machine and some metal — and to top that off; it’s all being done in Nampa, Idaho.
- Good read in the Idaho Press-Tribune about families and gangs in Canyon County.
- Unfortunately, Spring Break isn’t all fun and games for all of us — best wishes Tara.
- Tim Woodward: Who really invented the Barbie doll? More importantly; who really cares?
- Magic Valley’s Times-News: Fewer dollars, fewer options: Time for a moratorium on charter schools. Yes it is.
- Idaho Press-Tribune’s Vickie Holbrook: A funding lesson — Charter vs. traditional school funding.
- Great editorial in the CDA Press on why we need more oversight when it comes to day care in Idaho.
- Idaho Democrats on Facebook: No Cuts to Education Week, a great cause to join. Don’t forget to join the Idaho Democrats on their Facebook page and on Twitter. Also, you can subscribe to my Twitter feed here.
- Speaking of Twitter, you can follow the debate in the Senate Affairs Committee about some of the Governor’s proposed changes to Idaho’s liquor laws courtesy of Thanh Tan and Idaho Reports.
I'd actually go a bit farther than Vickie Holbrook when she says “I'm all for charter schools, but the per-pupil funding should be the same, dollar for dollar” and argue that charter schools should get less.
Charter schools siphon of the best and brightest that are motivated and easy to teach leaving behind the special needs kids, the bilingual education, and the rest of the unmotivated morons that the charters won't take.
The same goes for the voucher system and privatization of schools. A voucher system will never totally replace public education and in the end just drive up the per pupil costs at the public schools.