For someone with a reputation in Washington as a teller of hard truths, no one tells more obvious lies than Paul Ryan. When he went on national television to accept the GOP vice presidential nomination in 2012, his speech was loaded with … [Read more...]
Austerity for Little Kids’ Brains: Boston School Budget Cuts Mean Mass Layoffs
Boston is the 26th-wealthiest city on the entire planet, according to a Brookings Institution report, yet it is declaring it can't afford to invest in its future. The city is slashing its school budget, laying off hundreds of teachers and … [Read more...]
Caribbean Solar Sailboat Project
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sailing-for-solar-bringing-workshops-to-caribbean-communities Help empower coastal Caribbean communities with a solar sailboat that will provide workshops and materials for solar electric modules, solar … [Read more...]
Toilets, Stoves, and Solar
Susan Murcott, Bob Lange, and Richard Komp are three grassroots environmental activists who are changing lives all around the world. Susan is a water researcher whose work on simple water filters has benefitted the lives of hundreds of … [Read more...]
Sustainable Development and Climate Change: 2 Free Online Courses
I'd like to participate in an ongoing on and off line brainstorm using Buckminster Fuller's World Game design criteria, "How can we make the world work for 100 percent of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous … [Read more...]
Minimum Wage and the Achievement Gap
Raise the Minimum Wage, Reduce the Achievement Gap by Senator Pat Jehlen Last month, the Senate voted to restore the minimum wage to its 1968 value, raising it to $11. (This newsletter is a version of my … [Read more...]
What I Do and Why I Do It
I publish a weekly listing of Energy (and Other) Events at the colleges, universities, and in the community around Cambridge, MA (http://hubevents.blogspot.com) and have been doing it consistently since the end of January, 2010 … [Read more...]
New Menu at Boston Public Schools: Kids Eat Free!
I've never understood why we make children pay for food at school. Three out of five teachers surveyed by Share Our Strength report that they see students regularly come to school hungry because they’re not getting enough to eat at … [Read more...]
Exciting Numbers In Education Testing
School's almost beginning, and as a math teacher, I want to show you some exciting numbers! First, many parents will have to sign their children up for the SAT, at $51 for one test, and perhaps their children will take it two or three … [Read more...]
Follow the (Walton) Money
As soon as John Connolly had renounced the Stand for Children money he (and Conley and Barros) attempted to get to influence the Boston mayoral race, local pundits began suggesting that the whole controversy was just political theater and … [Read more...]
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