Joining Us From Houston Chronicle Advertisement: Here’s A Good Place To Start
George Scott Reports has placed a standing advertisement in The Houston Chronicle’s Katy section of its online publication. It’s the first of two marketing efforts we will make this month to publicize the website in different mediums. For those linking to us from that source, we think you will quickly discover that George Scott Reports is a unique brand of citizen-journalism bearing...
George Scott Reports At 6 Months; Goals Met & Not Met; How Do Katy I.S.D Graduates Perform At UT Austin? That And More Coming
As Spring break ends for Katy I.S.D., George Scott Reports reaches its six-month anniversary of publication. Some key goals have been accomplished while one major one has not been. I’ll begin addressing that one goal tomorrow (Monday, March 23) when a standing advertisement in The Houston Chronicle begins its publication schedule in the Katy section of that newspaper’s online publication. Within...
The Past Is Prologue Because Nothing Is Changing As Far As The Board
Just because I said I had no interest in this year’s school board election for Katy I.S.D. did not mean that I wouldn’t use last year’s election to explain why. At this point in this community’s life (and most communities for that matter), it simply does not matter who seeks or serves on the board. They are too often cut from the same mold of individuals who simply have not and do not prepare...
The Republicans’ Desert, Rush, And The Battle Of Big Ideas
Unlike most of his critics, I have listened regularly to Rush Limbaugh since now State Senator Dan Patrick brought him to Houston radio over 20 years ago. Since I know what his voice sounds like, I count reading transcripts of his broadcasts as listening as well. Unlike many of his supporters, I am not a ‘ditto-head’ although the term is not offensive to me, nor does it imply those who proclaim...
An Update For My Readers
The past week has been very valuable. By not posting new columns for a week, I have been able to really concentrate on several projects including the Classroom to College series. When I wrote last week that I planned to begin publishing more installments in that series in a week to 10 days, I did not remember about Spring Break scheduled for next week. I don’t want to resume the series during...
Advisory: College Series; FOI; Language/Science; Board Election
ADVISORY: Classroom To College Series George Scott Reports will take another 7-10 days before posting additional major columns in the Classroom To College Series. Over the course of the last six months, we have tried to keep such advisories to a minimum. However, we believe this one is appropriate. As it relates to the series, we are in the process of preparing additional data tables and graphics...
Classroom Teachers Are Smarter Than Administrators Part 2
George Scott Reports’ efforts to get 100% of the story on yet another initiative from Katy I.S.D. Superintendent Alton Frailey’s unrestrained curriculum czars has hit a temporary roadblock. That is the bad news. The good news is that the 90% of the story that has already emerged proves yet again that classroom teachers are smarter than curriculum czars, smarter than administrators, and have...