Bill, excellent recommendations. I like all three. I especially like your previous recommendation. Nominate HCR as our next secretary of education. Maybe then, civics will become part of the curriculum from grade one through high school. The level of ignorance among the people supporting tRump has no low.
Bill, excellent recommendations. I like all three. I especially like your previous recommendation. Nominate HCR as our next secretary of education. Maybe then, civics will become part of the curriculum from grade one through high school. The level of ignorance among the people supporting tRump has no low.
Eadie, while I like your sentiment...I think HCR is way too valuable as an historian...oracle...to be captive in the ED SEC role. I would LOVE to see history taught well and to all...that's an overhaul we desperately need.
Mike, my immediate response to Bill Alstrom's comment was the same as yours. However, on further reflection, I thought the country needs someone who can change the trajectory of our educational curriculum. I can't think of a better person to fill that need. It's a historian in that job that will not only benefit our educational system, it will impact unfair voter suppression purges launched by billionaires, it will address the need in rural communities that need unbiased information they can understand and it will once again give us the respect of our allies in the world.
I still think she's much too valuable outside the system to research and write as she does. This next period may be somewhat like reconstruction after the CW...MAGA is not going away. I'd find a strong Sec of ED from NY or CA...or even MD...and someone who believes in History and Art.
Ah, but she'd only be in the position for a few years and right now she handles being a teaching professor alongside writing the newsletter and books. I expect she could do both although she'd probably have to save the books for retirement. She would reach more people by helping to shape the education system, appoint underlings, and advise the cabinet. I do agree it's going to be like reconstruction, but that could be why she would be especially valuable - to point out what worked, what didn't and why. She's even got the sensibilities you desire with respect to art as shown in her appreciation of photographic beauty.
I've had friends who worked at the Fed Dept of Ed and it's a tough job no matter which party is in control. The far right has had an agenda for years and that's not going away. These cabinet level positions need to be "professionals" with the right resume and the personal power to be effective. Heather needs to be free to think and write. She's the best.
Bill, excellent recommendations. I like all three. I especially like your previous recommendation. Nominate HCR as our next secretary of education. Maybe then, civics will become part of the curriculum from grade one through high school. The level of ignorance among the people supporting tRump has no low.
Eadie, while I like your sentiment...I think HCR is way too valuable as an historian...oracle...to be captive in the ED SEC role. I would LOVE to see history taught well and to all...that's an overhaul we desperately need.
Mike, my immediate response to Bill Alstrom's comment was the same as yours. However, on further reflection, I thought the country needs someone who can change the trajectory of our educational curriculum. I can't think of a better person to fill that need. It's a historian in that job that will not only benefit our educational system, it will impact unfair voter suppression purges launched by billionaires, it will address the need in rural communities that need unbiased information they can understand and it will once again give us the respect of our allies in the world.
I still think she's much too valuable outside the system to research and write as she does. This next period may be somewhat like reconstruction after the CW...MAGA is not going away. I'd find a strong Sec of ED from NY or CA...or even MD...and someone who believes in History and Art.
Ah, but she'd only be in the position for a few years and right now she handles being a teaching professor alongside writing the newsletter and books. I expect she could do both although she'd probably have to save the books for retirement. She would reach more people by helping to shape the education system, appoint underlings, and advise the cabinet. I do agree it's going to be like reconstruction, but that could be why she would be especially valuable - to point out what worked, what didn't and why. She's even got the sensibilities you desire with respect to art as shown in her appreciation of photographic beauty.
Agreed. Much as I hate the way it sounds, we really do need seasoned bureaucrats in cabinet positions.
I've had friends who worked at the Fed Dept of Ed and it's a tough job no matter which party is in control. The far right has had an agenda for years and that's not going away. These cabinet level positions need to be "professionals" with the right resume and the personal power to be effective. Heather needs to be free to think and write. She's the best.