Tag Archives: Bill Gates

Chipping away at public education

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Myra

I’ve seen how public education is being destroyed firsthand, and I can tell you that Bill Gates, Arne Duncan, Congress and presidents past and current are wrong about how to fix it. Instead of attempting to improve the underlying problems, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Philadelphia, Politics | Tagged Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Center for Research on Educational Outcomes, charter schools, Congress, Educational Management organizations, Kaplan, leveling, Paul Vallas, Philadelphia School District, poverty & learning, public schools, The Philadelphia Writing Project | Comments Off

In Good Company

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Myra

My nephew Jake, or Jake-o-rama, as I like to call him, is autistic. He was diagnosed when he failed to develop language skills at the appropriate age. Autism is a relatively new diagnosis, although it was first described in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Life | Tagged Autism, Autism Spectrum, Beethoven, Behavior Control, Bill Gates, Bob Dylan, Cognitive Skills, Empathy, Executive Function, Forrest Gump, GAMP, Garrison Keillor, George Bernaard Shaw, Girard Academic Music Program, I Am Sam, Language Skills, little Man Tate. What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Einstein Alexander Graham Bell, Mahler. Emily Dickenson, Mozart, Pervaisve Development Disorder, Rain Man, Savant, Sympathy, Temple Grandin, Woody Allen. Al Gore | Comments Off

Help Wanted: A Robin Hood for Today

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Myra

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BufferRecently, I ripped through three seasons of BBC’s Robin Hood. The fabulous thing about Netflicks: Watch Instantly is that you can see one after another, all free from commercial interruption, until you can’t sit still for another minute. I’ve always … Continue reading →

Posted in Current events, Life, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Americans living in Poverty, BBC's Robin Hood. Netflicks, Bernie Sander's list, Bill Gates, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Forbes four hundred, George Mason University, Heartland Institute, Institute for Justice, Koch brothers, Libertarian Party, Reason Foundation, The Cato Institute, Warren Buffett | Comments Off

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