In the last 50 years, we've increased K-12 spend by 244% in real dollars, reduced class sizes by 30%...yet we're 17th internationally in science and 12th in reading. 1/5th of American 15-year-olds lack the reading skills expected of a 10-year-old. 1/6
Ms. Lopez Sanchez, a dean at Portland Community College, explained that Oregon schools would still be doing student assessments; they simply won't be using those assessments to determine whether or not a student should graduate high school. 2/6

Don't dismiss this bogus poll. Remember it.

This is how the corrupt and incompetent state-run Chicago press corps works. Use some leftist org like IL Broadcasters Assn to cook up a poll they can then report as "news" to drive the outcome they desire. 1/9 This is unadulterated fake news. RVs not likely voters. +17 on the generic ballot for Dems. There is no scenario in which that is remotely close and everyone who knows anything about polling and turnout modeling in IL knows what I'm saying is correct. 2/9

In conversation with a friend of mine whose kid goes to a prominent Catholic school in Chicago, he told me the school president (a priest) is actually very conservative and committed to the Catechism but...

1/7 ...he has to be careful about what he says and the fights he picks because he has to deal with parents and alumni across the political spectrum.
I was supposed to receive this as good news. 2/7

Some of the consequences of the lockdown-and-bust policies:

+ 250+ hospitals have furloughed workers
+ 1/4th of rural hospitals in the nation are at risk of closing; nearly two dozen have closed in the last two months + 36M first-time unemployment filers in the last 8 weeks
+ 40% job loss in the US among those earning less than $40K/yr

Attempting to interpret the hateful and paradoxical ravings contained in the New Zealand mosque shooter's sociopathic manifesto like it's a Nietzsche treatise is like trying to discern a cogent worldview from a hipster's tattoos. #NewZealandMosqueAttacks 1/5 His "ideas" on immigration or politics are not to be taken any more seriously than are his criticisms of rock music. 2/5