The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
It might take 15 years for today's finger painters to enter the workforce, but expanding early childhood education is an investment in the competitiveness of our county.
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... God while incarcerated, the Huckster had a very different standard for other religious converts. Barbara O’Brien of the Mahablog explains : I wrote about Dumond and another Arkansas convict, Frankie Parker, almost two years ago in “ A Tale of Two Prisoners .” For reasons explained in the earlier post, Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, was pressured by the Christian Right into...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... obesity rate over the next decade is projected to be the lowest in the country, Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien said the state's population was far from immune from the obesity epidemic. "Our adults are pretty healthy, but for our kids the obesity rate is increasing at a rate that mirrors maybe not the South, but certainly the Midwest. ... It's an alarming trend," O'Brien said. Doctors...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... the rules to say that teachers and principals must be judged on several measures.Colorado Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien has been leading the state's Race to the Top efforts. On Friday, she and Colorado Education Commissioner Dwight Jones will brief the State Board of Education on the findings of work groups that have been developing the state's strategy to win. Denver Post staff writer...
Schneider Home (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This is a guest post by Barbara O'Brien of the maacenter, which provides information for sufferers of mesothelioma (the cancer caused by over exposure to asbestos). They have a new blog platform to accompany the main site. One argument you may hear against health care reform concerns cancer survival rates. The United States has higher cancer survivor rates than countries with national...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
DENVER — Colorado’s lieutenant governor, Barbara O’Brien, has been parsing every public statement by Secretary of Education for nuances that could help her position the state as a winner in the $4 billion competition for federal school dollars known as Dana Romanoff for The New York TimesProject VOYCE co-founder Candi CdeBaca and State Representative Michael Merrifield at a Race to the...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Stava, Lisa Straffon and Mary Wheeler attracted a crowd that included Gov. Bill Ritter; Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien; Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper; Tom Boasberg, superintendent of the Denver Public Schools; and Piton Foundation founder Sam Gary.It also was the occasion to introduce Chris Watney, the new leader of the Colorado Children's Campaign. She previously served as the agency's...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... state's cerebral Regents-appointed state education commissioner. In Colorado, Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien has been deputized to lead the state's Race to the Top effort. In New York, though, the demands of the current budget crisis may simply make Lieutenant Governor Ravitch unavailable for this task. Ravitch (the former husband of education historian Diane Ravitch) is distracted...
Vagabond Scholar (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Maha (Barbara O'Brien), a very sharp blogger, is stuck in a tough situation and in danger of losing her home. Any help would be appreciated.
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
If you’ve been hanging around the reality-based wing of the blogosphere since its inception, you likely have read the Mahablog of Barbara O’Brien. If you’re like me, you’ve been impressed at her level-headed scholarship. I just discovered that Maha is in danger of losing her home. Read her piece on the subject, and then [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... tear down the state firewall between student achievement and teacher evaluations. • Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien, who is leading the RttT effort, has been convening meetings for months • Delaware has huge assets compared to other states because of the Rodel funded "Vision 2015" project, comprised of a broad range of players. • Louisiana is one of the states that lifted its charter...
