"WHEN we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame the soldiers. We don’t say, 'It’s these lazy soldiers and their bloated benefits plans! That’s why we haven’t done better in Afghanistan!' No, if the results aren’t there, we blame the planners." Read the full article.

Check out Pommer's speech to the Delegate Assembly about Senate Bill 191. His speech is a scathing indictment of the bill, the legislature, Race To The Top, and the Obama adminstration's education policies. Also check out these comments by Colorado teachers. Furthermore, check out CEA teachers in action and Greg Grote's speech at the capitol. Click here for photos of the CEA Rally in the rain.

 Last month the Texas Board of Education approved a Social Studies curriculum that skews history far to the right, "stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light." Get this: many on the board aren't educators, and no economists, historians, or sociologists were consulted on the curricular changes. Check out the full story from the New York Times.