Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Sunday, January 12, 2020 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist Having been a career educator for nearly 30 years, I admit to having very strong feelings about what constitutes good teaching. However, most of my educational perspectives have come from my personal experiences as a student. I have been […]
Read more "About Great Teachers…the Lesson of the Boxes!!!"Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper Sunday, January 5, 2020 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist In 1984, when I was offered the opportunity to become the superintendent of schools in Upper Darby, I had one serious reservation. I had to learn more about the “political factor” before I would accept the […]
Read more "Once Upon A Time…When Politics Worked For The Common Good"Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper December 30, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist When I was graduated from La Salle College (not then a university), I was filled with idealism. I wanted to change the world by being the best teacher I could be. But no school district wanted […]
Read more "A Few Reflections on Good Teaching and Life"Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper Sunday, December 15, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods? Where’s the street wise Hercules to fight the rising odds? Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night […]
Read more "A Tale of Three Heroes in Upper Darby"Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Sunday, December 8, 2019 By Joseph Batory The National Rifle Association (NRA) promotes its self- image as “patriotic and principled” and standing up for the rights of “the common man.” But the NRA is more accurately “a money machine” which has […]
Read more "Putting the NRA Under A Microscope"“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” — Plutarch, Greek historian Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Saturday, November 30, 2019 About Presidential Wizards, Magic Economic Wands, and People In Need! By Joseph Batory USA presidents […]
Read more "For Whom The Bell Tolls!!!!!"Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper The Delaware County Daily Times Monday, November 11, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist Decades ago, Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian communications theorist and educator, coined the phrase, […]
Read more "The Failure of Electronic Communications!!!!"Published in the Center City Concerned Citizens Review November 2019 Philadelphia, PA By Joseph Batory In 1975, the Congress of the United States passed sweeping legislation that guaranteed full access to the benefits of the public education system for all students with disabilities. This 44-year-old federal law (now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education […]
Read more "Hypocrisy and Betrayal from Congress!!!!"Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Thursday, October 17, 2019 Environment Protection Regulations Under Attack! By Joseph Batory The Washington swamp is slimier than ever. In the past two years, the federal government has been restocked with more than 164 former lobbyists who now have influential governmental positions. […]
Read more "Just call it The Environmental Pollution Agency"Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Tuesday, October 8, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist He is little known in history. But he is a remarkable Polish hero from WW II. Tragically, much of Jan Karski’s daring bravery and attempts to stop the Holocaust were […]
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