“A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. A people who mean to be their own governor must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” — James Madison
Hello…..is there anyone home?
What was that about the whole “still revolutionary” thing? “After a contentious public meeting last week on developing a new teacher and principal evaluation system, the state Department of Education has closed its meetings on the topic to the public and the media.Instead, a series of private “working group” meetings is scheduled to take place in the weeks before the panel’s June 30 deadline to create a model process on evaluation under the new education reform law. The next public meeting is not until June 21, nine days