Texas Education V: Language skill is the basic component of a “Knowledge-Based” Curriculum

I want to thank “Izzy” again for his comments to the last post in this series.  I recommend to those of you who are following this series that you read that comment thread between Izzy and me to help understand in more depth some of what I will be discussing throughout the remainder of this [...]

Harris County DA race: Jolly talks to Johnny

That would be John B. Holmes, Jr. and he was a delight to chat with. We talked for about a half hour and the reports about him are true – you ask him a question, he gives you an answer. And I have to say this for the record: it was great talking to someone [...]