Op/Ed: Good news on standardized testing?
By Jeff Hellrung, Member, Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education
Gov. Tom Wolf joined Education Secretary Pedro Rivera, advocates, and educators last month to announce a significant reduction in standardized testing for elementary students. One test section will be eliminated in both Math and ELA PSSA tests amounting to a 93 minute total time reduction. Also, approximately 22 minutes will be taken...
How is Tropical Storm Harvey like Donald Trump?
By Nathaniel Smith, Columnist, The Times
Tropical Storm Harvey and Donald Trump both were foreseeable disasters that have caused a lot of damage and suffering.
Republicans knew Trump would be trouble. His campaign was accompanied, but not at all impeded, by a whole litany of negative comments about him by his fellow primary candidates, former candidates and presidents, and other Republican leaders....
Letter: Keep ‘Indians’ but embrace true Native Americans’ history
To The Editor,
Football season is just starting for the Unionville-Chadds Ford Indians. Parents and coaches shout “Go U” to the players. Its catchy, but it struck me as odd that “Go Indians” is never heard. Asking around it seems parents are shy about the school’s mascot. Reading between the “let’s not go there” responses I’ve gotten to the topic led me to believe many feel...
Letter: A response to Rep. Costello’s recent Op/Ed
To The Editor,
The following is an open letter to U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-6):
Dear Representative Ryan Costello,
Thank you for making a public statement about Charlottesville (Op/ed: Hate is a dangerous thing in The Times of Chester County). We need to talk about it. Staying silent and pretending it didn’t happen is not an option. You defined hate as “a personal decision to decide to be intolerant...
Letter: Stop, Stop, Stop — just Stop it
To The Editor,
So I come across the local area sentiment and social media lash-out in the wake of the death of three innocent people in Virginia this past week. I got sucked in to over two hours of reading the increasing hate and blame between our neighbors and fellow Americans, and of course the targeted political leadership in our own municipalities and county. Looking for a word that describes this...
Op/Ed: Hate is a dangerous thing
By U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, Pennsylvania’s 6th District
Ryan Costello
A man drove a car into a crowd of people, killing one and injuring 19 others. It was a despicable act committed by someone motivated by hate.
Some of the commentary on this incident and the President’s myriad responses misses the mark on what is the bigger picture relating to the character of our country and what we aspire...
The shame of silence
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Sunday night people in West Chester, Kennett Square and numerous other locations around Chester County came together to do what our president could not bring himself to do: condemn the terrorism of White Nationalists, including the attack on demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday.
Instead, President Donald Trump has a new ad out attacking the media as “enemies”...
Letter: A discussion across the deep political divide
To The Editor,
I was surprised to receive a knock at my door recently from Jane Donze, Republican candidate for District Judge. I am a registered Democrat. Her opponent in the November election will be Al Iacocca, Democrat.
After introductions and some opening discussion, I asked her if she agreed with me that Donald Trump should be impeached. Jane said “Yes”, but added that she didn’t think...
Don’t forget there are important races in 2017, too
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Tanned, rested and ready — amazing what the blue waters of the Caribbean and lots of odd beverages with paper umbrellas will do for the soul — and ready to jump into the burning dumpster fire that is politics, 2017.
While Republicans in the U.S. Senate debates various health bills that will likely cost them both their Senate majority and the U.S. House — and...
Nobody asked me, but…