Duane, I read much of your material. The Web truly is a remarkable vehicle for getting people acquainted. I am trying to do something about education reform through consumer empowerment. Let me know what you think. It serves as a medium for communication and source of consumer-friendly advice and expertise.
Subscribers are able to ask questions, post information and opinion, or just listen.
It is supported by advertising and free to users. The Clearinghouse is founded on the belief that education's consumers need to access to information and opinion that is independent and sympathetic to their concerns and priorities. Subscribers are limited to parents, concerned citizens, employers, policy makers, taxpayers, and others who invest in and rely on the public schools. The Clearinghouse provides consumers a much needed opportunity to consider local, state, and national issues in education from a consumers point of view. As both a parent and a scholarly observer of efforts to improve education, I have developed an acute appreciation of how the public schools influence both the information provided consumers and the expression of consumer preferences.