Everything Published on PostBourgie in:

– In New York, a school that’s failing the federal No Child Left Behind law might be considered passing under new guidelines put forward by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. This new system doesn’t consider reputation; so don’t expect that the last three digits of your zip code warrant a free pass. – Speaking of NCLB, Read More

Obama was on SNL. That dude is the opposite of spontaneous and funny; you can see the gears turning in his head. Oprah Winfrey held a press conference with South African reporters discuss the alleged physical and sexual abuse of students at her well-publicized school for girls by a dormitory matron. (Given her own history, Read More

It didn’t take long for Roland G. Fryer, a black Harvard economist and recently named “chief equality officer” of New York City public schools, to begin stirring trouble in the nation’s largest school district. Cell phone usage in schools has been a contentious issue in districts across the country, but Fryer is proposing a plan Read More

Congress put into effect lower federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenders — and considering applying the lower sentences retroactively —– which the Department of Justice is none too happy about. Critics of the old guidelines took issue with the fact that black people made up 80 percent of all federal convictions for crack (generally Read More

With Hillary’s stumbling Tuesday night, Obama had the chance to wow the crowds and make up some lost ground in the polls. And…well, he didn’t. Obama is a homerun hitter; he’s capable of delivering towering, inspirational speeches to large crowds that can create the feel of a church revival. But Tuesday’s debate format didn’t really Read More

Previous