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A Reality Check for the Fact Checkers AUDIO

by on June 13, 2011 in Audio, Education, Politics, Schools, Texas

I had a heated exchange with Gardner Selby at Politifact Texas today about his “fact check” of a fight over Plano Superintendent Doug Otto’s claim that Governor Perry believes there’s 1-to-1 ratio of teachers to administrators in Texas. Tweet Share

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Debate: What’s Really Wrong with the Texas Budget? AUDIO

by on April 10, 2011 in Audio, Education, Politics, Schools, Texas

I love when our debates on the show feature opposing viewpoints that are rarely heard on other media.  It’s also fun when the people sparring on the air later tell me that they had no idea their opponent was going to make the kinds of points that were made.  Tweet Share

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Texas School Funding Fight has Dems Blaming Tax Structure, Business Leaders Saying “It’s the economy (stupid)” AUDIO

by on March 28, 2011 in Audio, Economy, Education, Politics, Texas

It seems to me the two sides in the fight over how to pay for public schools in Texas aren’t even in the same building, let alone the same room. Tweet Share

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Plano Superintendent: Governor Perry’s Claims on School Funding “Disingenuous” and “Idiocy”(Audio)

by on March 22, 2011 in Audio, Education

After he was directed to find massive cuts in teaching staff and other costs, the superintendent of the Plano School District took a direct shot at Governor Rick Perry this afternoon on KRLD.   Dr. Doug Otto told me that the Republican Governor’s assertions that there’s a 1 to 1 ratio of administrators to teachers is […]

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Sunday Reading

by on March 20, 2011 in Economy, Education, Entertainment, Libya, Politics, Schools

The news today is focused on Libya and the fact that the United States is now engaged in a third war when our military is already over-extended because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  It’s a big shift from the 24/7 coverage of Japan we’ve seen lately. The war in Libya is yet another […]

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Texas Education Crisis is Result of Broken Promises (Video)

by on March 19, 2011 in Education, Politics, Schools, Video

In case you missed it, I told Tracy Kornet on CBS 11 News this week that the multi-billion dollar shortfall in education funding in Texas is the result of politicians not doing what they said they would. I’ve grown a little tired of certain people getting away with pretending as if this is simply a […]

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