Open Enrollment and the Internet
Over the course of one year, an evaluation of Colorado’s 20 largest school district Web sites was conducted to determine if districts made available, via the Internet, essential open enrollment procedural information in an easy-to-access manner.
Redefining “Poor”
The modern welfare state has long since gone past food, clothing and shelter. It is now about having a certain quality of life relative to everybody else. It is not about poverty, it is about being “fair”.
Redefining “Poor”
Recently I’ve read a series of articles about the working poor in El Paso County. Two things struck me. First, for the people profiled, dating, getting married, having children and then staying married was not a big part of the picture. Second, everyone profiled was richer than almost everyone else on the planet.
Low Expectations Won’t Help Anybody
Full disclosure: My wife got good grades in law school. She graduated third in her class. She practices law with a firm downtown that only hires lawyers with good grades, just like every attorney there.
Low Expectations Won’t Help Anybody
Lower academic standards for minorities for law firms, or medical practices, or any professional organization are unfair to those who use professional services, unfair to everyone who meets high standards, and unfair in the long run to those it supposed to help.
Low Expectations Won’t Help Anybody
Grades, professional careers, and academic excellence are in the news thanks to the President of the National Urban League. In an interview that made national news, Marc Morial talked about law firms and diversity. It turns out that lawyers at the best firms want to hire only applicants who got good grades in law school. This, apparently, is bad.
