New York kids stand up AGAINST standardized tests

I wish my friends and I had thought of this!  Maybe next year.  Time to kill the tests from the grassroots, and that means us in our classrooms.  And I hope that the teacher gets OUT of trouble.

Published on Thursday, May 22, 2008 by New York Daily News
New York 8th-Graders Boycott Practice Exam But Teacher [...]

Nebraska Caucus Experience

Over the weekend, I took part in the first Nebraska Democratic Caucus in over 40 years. I have to say, despite a lack of funding from the Nebraska Democratic Party and the ill-preparedness of the caucus sites, it was a very unique experience.
Early estimates put the turn out at my site as only 17 [...]

Sprink Break in DC?

CALLING STUDENTS AND YOUTH NATIONWIDE
from AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush and Cheney Now!
 

Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2008-02-06 16:32. 
Spring Break in Washington D.C. to End the Iraq Occupation
We invite you to invite yourself, your friends, and your peers to come to Washington D.C. to join youth and students from around the nation to
Break [...]

Bush to veto kids health insurance bill

Uh oh. This just kinda makes me mad.
For one, I know, as well as you know and your neighbor knows that the Heath Care system in the United States just isn’t cutting it.
Talk of Universal Heath Care has been in the air for quite some time now. Yet, a UHC bill has not been passed.
It [...]

HS kids’ protest makes a difference

These kids care about their health and the health of all their classmates. They protested, got suspended, got press, and MADE A DIFFERENCE! Now their school will be cleaned and even the other schools in their district. Good for them! (The part about their protest is at the end of the article in bold.)

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Letters to the editor

Sorry I have been absent the past weeks. I have been writing letters to my local paper in an attempt to help correct the American Public’s ignorance. My latest letter was in response to this letter published on October 1st:
William O. Stephens seems to be as misguided [...]

Are people in Houston crazy???

Don’t these people know that nuclear plants can have accidents? Why don’t they invite alternate energy companies to set up there instead? Is the economy so bad that they have to say yes to THIS? Egads!!!!

Neighbors welcome Texas nuke plant’s growth
from HoustonChronicle
HOUSTON — Despite objections from nuclear energy opponents, the proposed expansion of a Southeast [...]

How to Prevent a War with Iran

These suggestions are from Code Pink. (Thanks Franya.) What else might work?

1. Tell Senator Lieberman: No War in Iran!
Joe Lieberman is waving his sword again. On Sunday, he told CBS “I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans [...]

Action Alert: Katrina survivors STILL in FEMA trailers

This is from Progressive Democrats of America. Please call or email.

Push the Senate Today to Support Katrina Survivors
September 25th, 2007
100,000 displaced. 65,000 families still living in FEMA trailers. This is the Gulf Coast two years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. After years spent dragging its feet, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing [...]

Miss South Carolina denied her scholarship

I HATE beauty pageants. Big time hate. But I know I will need a scholarship to go to college and I support girls that do the beauty pageant thing in order to get a scholarship. So reading stories like this bothers me. They’re combining to try to keep her from collecting. [...]