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NEA Speaks Out Against WalMart

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I shop at Wal-Mart and have not thought much about it. Wal-Mart is great right? Everything is at one location. I was completely surprised to find out that NEA (National Education Association) is speaking out against Wal-Mart. In the summer of 2005, NEA made the decision to support the “Wake-Up, Wal-Mart” campaign. I thought that an education association speaking out against a major chain was quite interesting. NEA’s decision was based on information including the following findings. · The Sam Walton family donates millions of dollars a year to anti-public education reform and funds vouchers to private schools. · Wal-Mart … Continue reading →

Education A to Z: I for Is Walmart Anti-Public Education?

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Following my Education A to Z blog about homework, I want to continue down the alphabet and follow up with the letter I, as in: Is Walmart anti-public education? To be honest, this wasn’t the first topic for the letter I that I had planned on blogging about. I stumbled across this topic as I was doing some research for my original “I” topic, and I found this one much more fascinating. I was shocked to read some of the following from the NEA (National Education Association) website. -The Walton family, Walmart founders, give the bulk of their donations for … Continue reading →

Disney Allows Same Sex Couples ‘Fairy Tale Wedding’

I subscribe to several news feeds that pertain to subjects I may be blogging about. Every single news feed was buzzing about this hot little news item. It has evoked both strong applause and strong disapproval. To recap, apparently up until this past week, Disney was restricting same sex couples from renting Disney spaces that were specifically designed to hold weddings but they would allow them to rent meeting rooms for ‘commitment ceremonies.’ However, they’ve recently decided to do ‘the right thing’ (as one spokesman put it) and allow same sex couples to buy wedding packages, complete with all the … Continue reading →

Why I Support School Choice Part 1

If you are at all familiar with educational issues you know that this is a hot button. School choice is the idea that a parent has the right to choose their child’s school. Okay. . .no big deal. Until you start to take available resources and spread them around, theoretically diverting them from public schools. School choice does not just translate into a parent’s right to homeschool, or opt into a private school, but also includes charter schools, magnet schools, as well as school vouchers. After all, why should school choice be limited to those who can afford to pay … Continue reading →