Speak Out 6/22/14

Hillary's delusions

I just saw a news bullet on the Internet stating Hillary Clinton understands "hard life" relating to not having any money as they bought a million-dollar home when leaving the White House? Her delusional remarks are just starting as she tries to portray herself as an "average Joe" in order to get the presidential nod. What lengths will she go to? Nobody knows!

Major problem

Hillary Clinton mentioned in a recent interview that this Benghazi inquiry is really "minor league" stuff. She wants to focus on major league stuff. Excuse me Hillary, would you sit down with the friends and family of those killed in Benghazi and face-to-face tell them that this was minor league inquiry? And then asked if she would testify, her reply was, and I quote, "It depends how they conduct themselves." So she thinks it is her decision if she testifies. I guess if she won't it will be because it may make her admit guilt and plead the 5th! Your Highness puts herself above the law like her former boss Obama.

Tenure law

A judge's decision that teacher tenure in California public schools was deemed worthy of a front-page headline by the Southeast Missourian. Whether it was justified is subject to debate, but there seems little doubt that California's tenure law was bad. It required school administrators to evaluate teachers for tenure after only two years of teaching. All of the research shows that teachers don't begin to show significant improvement until after their second year. Thank goodness that Missouri has a good teacher tenure law, generally not making teachers eligible for tenure until after five years. That's about the right amount of time to determine whether a teacher has what it takes.

No correlation

Why all the hullabaloo over Common Core? There never has nor never will be any correlation between mere educational standards and actual student achievement.

Smith, Cantor

Congressman Jason Smith, let the Eric Cantor defeat serve as a cautionary tale that you should never, never, never do anything to alienate or anger your nutty base.