Pardon the “infomercial”, but I am pleased to announce the founding of the Texas Institute for Education Reform, a non-profit, non-partisan collaboration of Texas business leaders committed to the objective that every Texas child will graduate from high school fully prepared for higher education, the 21st century workplace, and responsible citizenship. We plan to accomplish […]
Archives for July 2006
Mid-Summer Potpourri
A few random thoughts on the passing scene: • World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is rightly concerned that the Doha Round of trade talks will be a failure unless the proposed rollback of subsidies and expansion of markets for agricultural products is approved, with dire consequences for world trade and economic growth in underdeveloped countries. […]
Undermining the Commander in Chief Should Have a Price
“Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand.”—Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 74. This sentiment of our founding was clearly expressed in Article II of the Constitution, which establishes the President as the commander in chief, with inherent […]
Texas Takes On Education Standards Revision
Recently I attended a working meeting of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) to hear three well-known national experts discuss with board members the foundational elements of reading and the language arts, particularly as they pertain to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), which for the past ten years has been the foundation […]