Nancy Pelosi Talks SS/Deficit in Santa Fe; PBO Talks 1 Million Jobs!
We rested up in Santa Fe for a couple of weeks after over 3 months riding buses, photographing the disappearing wildlife, and camping in our little dome tent in four countries in southern Africa. (To...
View ArticlePresident's Plan Being Leaked
Wonder if Meteor-Blades is seeing hopeful signs given that the President seems to be changing his campaign rhetoric. I agree with what MB wrote recently:Democrats can keep ineffectually fighting...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street; Woes and Words
copyright © 2011 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.orgOccupy Wall Street? I will not. However, I am there in spirit. I believe in the cause, the many grounds protesters...
View ArticleAugust To June; Bringing Life to Schools
copyright © 2011 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.orgAs any Mom or Dad might do on Parent Teacher Conference Day, Amy Valens, the Educator featured in the documentary film...
View ArticleVoter Suppression and My Situation
13 December 2011Dearest Rachel Maddow. . .As I write I listen to you speak of poll taxes and voter suppression. I wish to share my story in respect to my personal reality and the fear that I live...
View ArticleGerman auto manufacturers' high profits and high pay show why U.S. labor laws...
German car manufacturers make more than twice as many cars as American manufacturers. German auto workers earn an average of $67.14 in wages and benefits, while American auto workers earn an average of...
View ArticleThe Good School; Principals or Principles
copyright © 2012 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.orgA few organizations have attempted to answer The Good School Question. Each asks, “What epitomizes a great learning...
View ArticleMitt, My Good Man
Romney: Rivals’ attacks a ‘good warm-up’copyright © 2012 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.orgDearest Mitt . . .I am unsure if we have had the pleasure of an in-person...
View ArticleThe Luxury of Learning is Lost
copyright © 2004, 2012 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.org This treatise was written in 2004, only two years after the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary...
View ArticleDid you like the ideas the President proposed for our economy?
copyright © 2012 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.orgDearest Representative . . .My answer to your survey question, “Did you like the ideas the President proposed for our...
View ArticleUnions, Education and The Chicago Teachers Strike
The Chicago Teachers Union strike, and the recent rallies held in conjunction, speak to a problem larger than the conventional meme of pay increases, tenure, or pensions. Chicago Teachers want better...
View ArticleProgress and The Power of a Plan [The Effect on Public Education]
By Betsy L. AngertInherent within each of us is conflict. Generally speaking, we think growth is good. Progress is a sign of achievement. As George Bernard Shaw so aptly articulated, “Progress is...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy and What Heals Hurts
Hurricane Sandy and What Heals Hurts By Betsy L. Angert Human beings are a fascinating bunch. We gather information through observation, and the reading of facts, figures, and formulas. We draw...
View Article12 Charts Show HOW Trickle-Down Fails, Gross Income Inequality, and WHY You...
Pictures speak a thousand words. Listen to what these charts/pictures are saying. But first, this quote from that screaming liberal, William F. Buckley“Conservatives pride themselves on resisting...
View ArticleVoting and Learning Denied. Education and Entitlement
©copyright 2013. Betsy L. Angert BeThink Is it fear of the darkness that dims our mind or is it the dim of our mind that is dark and damning? No one can be sure; however we can see what occurs and ask...
View ArticleA Letter to Melissa Harris-Perry, About "The Bull," Rahm Emanuel
A Letter to Melissa Harris-Perry, About "The Bull," Rahm Emanuel © copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert BeThink Dearest Melissa Harris-Perry....It's me, Betsy, one of your many Twitter followers, a viewer...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Privacy in Education and the Nation
The Paradox of Privacy in Education and the Nation © copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert EmpathyEducates and BeThink.Currently, in this country the right to privacy is the subject of myriad...
View ArticleSchools and Safety; What We Do When We Deny
Safety; What We Do When We Deny © copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert empathyeducatesLook to the left. Look to the "right." In respect to education each side is willing to talk about sensitive subjects....
View ArticleDemocracy, Mommy, and Trayvon Martin Dies
©copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert. empathyeducatesWords like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It...
View ArticleMaybe if we take “White Guilt” out of the equation it will be easier to...
I was encouraged reading the comments of a diary that was recently on the rec list where many commenters identifying themselves as white showed understanding and empathy with regard to the daily...
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