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BOOK TO REVEAL OBAMA’S ‘TRUE’ IDENTITY?
Wed Apr 20 2011 10:35:52 ET

This year’s high stakes publishing project quietly went to press this week, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

After years of research and digging by the nation’s top private investigators, here it comes:

“WHERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President.”

https://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htm

>Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Ronald Reagan

Read more: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ronald_reagan.html#ixzz1Jo9FpdWv

>Christie will not raise taxes if required to find additional school funding

Continuing to believe the Abbott v. Burke Supreme Court decision on state funding for the poorest school districts is a “failed legal theory,” Gov. Chris Christie reiterated Tuesday he will not raise taxes if the Supreme Court decides to require the state to provide an additional $1.6 billion. (Hassan, State Street Wire)

https://www.politickernj.com/46963/christie-will-not-raise-taxes-if-required-find-additional-school-funding

>Asbury Park school audit digs into NJ’s big spender

The Monmouth County school district is Gov. Chris Christie’s favorite target — well, maybe second favorite target — when it comes to criticizing New Jersey’s education establishment. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0419/2340/

>With cap adjustments, 69 school budgets going over 2 percent

One in 10 districts will be asking voters next week to approve school budgets with permitted increases above the 2 percent recommended in the new tax levy cap, thanks to the few exemptions remaining in the law. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0420/0004/

>New York Times Pans “Dumb Dumb Math “

from today’s Times…

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/a-better-way-to-teach-math/?ref=opinion&nl=opinion&emc=tya2

From the above referenced NY Times article:

“Jump is a modest outfit. Mighton has a staff of 10 to create materials and conduct teacher trainings. With decisions about math curriculum highly politicized, it’s difficult for a small group to influence the debate. Big textbook companies and paid math consultants have a big say — and big investments — in what gets used.”

Sound familiar.

Best paragraph, particularly the last sentence. Sums up the problems with constructivist approaches

“In particular, math teachers often fail to make sufficient allowances for the limitations of working memory and the fact that we all need extensive practice to gain mastery in just about anything. Children who struggle in math usually have difficulty remembering math facts, handling word problems and doing multi-step arithmetic. Despite the widespread support for “problem-based” or “discovery-based” learning, studies indicate that current teaching approaches underestimate the amount of explicit guidance, “scaffolding” and practice children need to consolidate new concepts. Asking children to make their own discoveries before they solidify the basics is like asking them to compose songs on guitar before they can form a C chord.”

Amen. Why doesn’t the BOE get is? I know some teachers who love it because (and I wrote a 7th grade math teacher) “it teaches itself and I just have to guide them a bit”

>Five charged in Glen Rock drug arrests
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY APRIL 19, 2011, 7:08 PM
BY EVONNE COUTROS
THE RECORD
STAFF WRITER

GLEN ROCK – Five adults were arrested on drug charges late Monday after weeks of police surveillance on a private home on Bergen Street, authorities said.

Arrested were James Gross, 20, Mark Miller, 21, and Corey McCoy, 38, all in the home at 8 p.m. when police – assisted by Bergen County SWAT – executed a search warrant.

“During the execution of the warrant police found a loaded .32 caliber handgun, an unknown amount of cocaine, 40 bags of marijuana, and $1,000 cash found on the coffee table,” said Glen Rock Police Chief Fred Stahman.

Five Charged : Natalie Aguado, Corey McCoy, Kelsey Halloran, James Gross and Mark Miller.
Two adult females, Kelsey Halloran, 19 and Natalie Aguado, 18, of Ridgewood, were arrested leaving the home earlier and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Also taken into custody were two juveniles observed making marijuana purchases at the home.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/041911_Five_charged_in_Glen_Rock_drug_arrests.html

>Department of Community Affairs flunks state audit – again

A new audit of the state’s troubled weatherization program yesterday found widespread problems once again in the department overseeing the effort, allowing the agency delegated to disburse the funds to improperly spend federal grant money. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0419/2346/

>A peculiar pairing, Sarlo and Lonegan want cap-and-trade repeal; enviros wince

The right-wing organization Americans for Prosperity is teaming with left-of-center state Sen. Paul Sarlo, (D-36), of Wood-Ridge, to ask the state to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Cap & Trade Program. (Carroll, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/46971/peculiar-pairing-sarlo-and-lonegan-want-cap-and-trade-repeal-enviros-wince

>Move on New Jersey health plan may cost towns but help power broker

In the last three years, hundreds of cities, towns and school districts in New Jersey have saved tens of millions of dollars on health insurance by dumping their private carriers and switching to a little-known benefits program run by the state. (Halbfinger, The New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/nyregion/nj-move-on-health-plan-may-cost-towns-but-help-power-broker.html

>New Jersey’s high court set to hear demands for spending for poor schools

The New Jersey Supreme Court is being asked to order that aid to the poorest school districts be restored to a level that complies with the state constitution, regardless of the budget crisis. (Deprez and Voreacos, Bloomberg)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-20/new-jersey-s-high-court-set-to-hear-demand-for-spending-for-poor-schools.html

>Businessman John Crowley may challenge Menendez

John Crowley, a wealthy New Jersey businessman whose battle to save his children from a rare disease was made into the movie “Extraordinary Measures,” likely will run for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez next year, Crowley’s political adviser said Tuesday. (Chebium, Gannett)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110420/NEWS02/104200354/Businessman-may-challenge-Menendez?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|State

>In town hall meeting, Christie blasts Legislature’s pace

A jam-packed crowd of senior citizens laughed and gasped Tuesday as Gov. Christie delivered a 40-minute, point-by-point condemnation of the Democratic-controlled “do-nothing Legislature” that may have served as a preview of election season. (Katz, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

https://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/120261964.html