A look ahead: 2015 in Maryland
While many of the fiscal issues that dogged the state in 2014 are still around – and have continued to worsen with each revelation of another revenue shortfall – the personnel in place to address the...
View ArticleThe push for local accountability
A Daily Times story by Phil Davis yesterday noted the push by local elected officials to give Wicomico County the accountability of an elected school board. Davis points out that Republicans are...
View ArticleThe question about Common Core
My friends up in Delaware are blessed to live in a relatively small, easy-to-get-around state. While its national reputation is that of a reliably Democratic state, they have a significant conservative...
View ArticleCommon Core: where it is and what can be done
By Cathy Keim Hello to the monoblogue readers! I am happy that Michael has agreed to have me join him on monoblogue from time to time. My interests are varied, as are Michael’s, but I can assure you...
View ArticlePost poll appears to have mixed results
An initial survey from the Washington Post claims that Marylanders are willing to give Larry Hogan a chance. However, his job approval ratings wouldn’t be called stellar as Hogan rests at 42% in the...
View ArticleHostility to cuts
It’s been a little while, but the political hijinks of Cecil County return to my site via a dispatch I received from Bob Willick and their Campaign for Liberty chapter. The purpose of the dispatch was...
View ArticleAn open letter to opponents of an elected Board of Education for Wicomico County
It was enlightening to see the main points you brought up in testimony regarding our county’s expressed desire to convert from a fully-appointed Board of Education to a “hybrid” elected and appointed...
View ArticleThe culture wars and Common Core (part 1)
By Cathy Keim First of a two-part series. I have been writing about traditional marriage, traditional family, and sanctity of life issues for several years. I have been increasingly aware of the...
View ArticleThe culture wars and Common Core (part 2)
By Cathy Keim Second of two parts. Where to go? What to do? In Part 1, I wrote about how Common Core teaches reading in such a way that content is stripped of its context. Every student can read into...
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“Be Prepared”– it’s a motto to live by
I bring you this not necessarily as an event to attend – although if you are in the Smyrna area and/or interested in the 9-12 Delaware Patriots it’s probably well worth your while – but as something to...
View ArticleShifting out of PARCC
As I noted yesterday, there was an item brought to my attention by the Worcester County TEA Party. Fortunately, their version is slightly inaccurate in a good way. According to their communication,...
View ArticleRefuse to Comply. Decline to Test. Petition Governor Hogan to Cancel...
By Cathy Keim The Worcester County Tea Party recently sent an email out requesting that people sign the petition entitled: Immediate Repeal of Common Core State Standards and Cancellation of Membership...
View ArticleAPUSH to radically change the teaching of history
By Cathy Keim “Great is truth, but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth.” - Aldous Huxley On June 2, 2015, a group of 55 scholars published a letter stating their...
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Book review: The Long War and Common Core: Everything You Need to Know to Win...
Reviewed by Cathy Keim I was out weeding my flowerbeds this afternoon, which is very therapeutic. You feel like you can bring order to chaos with a little sweat and elbow grease. The satisfaction is...
View ArticleWCRC meeting – June 2015
As it turned out we didn’t have a speaker for tonight’s meeting so the agenda was on the light side. Still, there was plenty of discussion at our gathering. We did the Lord’s Prayer and Pledge of...
View Article2016 dossier: Education
As I promised awhile back, now that my monoblogue Accountability Project is out of the way I can begin to focus on the 2016 presidential race. With the exception of governors John Kasich of Ohio and...
View ArticleUtopian school bill passes House and heads to Senate
By Cathy Keim On July 8, 2015, the House passed HR 5, the Student Success Act, which is the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). This behemoth of a bill weighing in at 800 pages will...
View ArticleWhat could possibly go wrong?
By Cathy Keim Last month I wrote about Governor Hogan expanding the You’ve Earned It! subsidized mortgage program for young adults with college loans. Politicians can never resist giving away other...
View ArticleTime to get serious
While the pace of a political campaign is often frenetic, the passage of Labor Day has long been understood as the point people begin to pay attention. For a normal middle-class family it means the...
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Elected school board hearing: take one
Last Thursday about 40 people gathered at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center to speak out on the prospects of an elected school board for Wicomico County. When I saw the full parking lot I thought I...
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