The Spirit of Detroit is wearing an orange jersey for National Gun Violence Awareness Day as the city hosts community activities aimed at promoting safety.
Your child's school has an assistant superintendent for curriculum, an assistant superintendent for instruction, a director of teaching and learning, and a coordinator of academic services. Your child's teacher has thirty-two kids and no copy paper. This is not a funding problem. It is a priority problem.
Nobody talks about the parent who never once asked their kid if they had homework. Not once in a semester. Not once in the school year. The teacher emailed. The teacher called. The teacher sent the progress reports home. Nobody on the other end was paying attention. We talk about teacher accountability every single day, but we don't hold parents to the same standard.
1. Travel ball is immoral. Sports shouldn't consume your life like that
2. Travel ball is a giant scam. Taking even half that money spent, investing it, and you'll have more than enough to pay for college.
3. Partial scholarships are a scam. You are forced to go to a college you wouldn't have picked if you had cash to pay for your education.
Avoid travel ball
Mackinac Island in Michigan is like stepping into another century where horse-drawn carriages replace traffic, lake air drifts through the streets, and summer still moves at the pace it was meant to.
Here's a little secret about education
A small library. Pencils. Notebooks. A teacher. An administrator with the stones to enforce discipline
No tech contracts. No one-to-one computing initiatives. No major building overhauls
Effective education doesn't really require much $$
Middle America families stuck in the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time that is travel baseball.
Baseball needs Legion Ball played at high school fields in t-shirts and gray pants more than ever right now.
Did you hear? Finders Records is reopening this August! 🎶 A true staple of Bowling Green, Finders has been the place to discover new music for so many generations of Falcons. We can't wait!
UChicago is launching an initiative that will guarantee free tuition for families with incomes below $250,000, starting in fall 2027. The College will provide free housing and meals and waive fees for families with incomes less than $125,000. Learn more: https://t.co/65bBovWQAv
My son is in Ireland and he was golfing with two Irishmen and he told them he went to the University of Michigan and they said “is that the one that wins everything in sports?” Yes. Yes it is.
Will I be the most hated person on this city if I submit an oped to the local paper on why spirit weeks in schools are an unnecessary burden on parents?