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Houston Parent Visionaries and the Politics of Race and Class
The Houston Chronicle has dedicated two articles and several School Zone blog posts calling attention to the role of the Houston Federation of Teachers in recent school board elections. One article headline noted the union's “push” for a pro-employee... Elite Power, Sedition & Quiet Coup Overthrows U.S. Democracy
Flash -- A quiet coup has taken place in the good ole US of A! Among those taking power are a hodge-podge group of wealthy elitists bent on remaking America in their own ideals and image. It... Gay teen in Texas beaten with metal pipe
A 16 year old gay male Houston student says he was chased down and beaten with a metal pipe after a school bus driver and 2 principals ignored his requests for help and protection. See the video... Ministers say they will campaign against lesbian candidate
Ministers in Houston, Texas say they are alarmed at gay take-over of City Hall A woman running for Mayor in a Houston , TX has aroused the ire of a group of Christian ministers there. The... "Homosexuality is not God's best" according to Pastor Joel Osteen
Homosexuality is not God's best according to megachurch televangelist pastor Joel Osteen. Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, made this statement during an appearance on The View earlier this month when...
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Suicide: Desensitization and the "Doctrine of Can't"
For the fourth time in a little more than four months a student attending California's Palo Alto High School has committed suicide. The most recent occurrence was carried out by jumping in front of... Anna Eastman's website stand on gay rights
In a letter three years ago in the Houston Chronicle, Houston school-board candidate Anna Eastman took a stand. Recently she placed this letter on her website. "Having healthy gay role models for all children, whatever their sexual orientation may be, is such an... Anna Eastman, Charter Schools, and Older Workers
When a candidate runnning for office receives financial and tactical support from an interest group, it is certainly fair to ask them how they feel about standard practices of that group.
The same corporate executives who fund expansion of the KIPP and YES PREP Charter... Houston ISD high school outperforms KIPP Academy
On the 2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exam, the Houston Independent School District's internal charter school, East Early College High School, outperformed students from the the KIPP Houston High School.
Both schools received exemplary ratings... Back to the 50's: Businessmen try to capture Houston school baord
Enron may have fallen, and the Bush/Cheney administration has left Washington in a hurry, but one group of second-generation Houston business titans are flexing their muscle on their own homegrown, seeking to reshape local public education in their own image.
These... Alma Lara speaks from depth of experience about school reform
The following is the part of a conversation I had with Ms. Alma L. Lara, candidate for Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees in District 1, in the north-central area of Houston.
You came to Houston at a young age.
Alma Lara: Age nine. I... Anna Eastman campaign divides Obama coalition
All politics are local, and that is especially true for Hispanic candidates in Texas, where the white conservative majority determines the outcome of statewide elections, leaving only select local elections winnable by Hispanic contenders.
While Hispanics make up the... More than 80 percent believe Pak army behind 911 attacks
A poll shows more than 80 percent people believe Pakistan army was involved in the 911 terror attacks." The local public telvision Channel 13 in Houston interveiwed the A.F.B. leaders who said the reason they say...More protests against dirty dictator
A dictator facing trial for killing of a prominent Baluch statesman will face the heat of protests in Houston." Aziz Narejo, a former president of the largest Sindhi organization, Sindhi Association of North America, said he will protest jointly with the Baluch. "This is... Sentinel-3 ESA’s Next Generation Satellite Scheduled to Launch in
Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...
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