3/26/16

Dan Kildee Michigan 5th district congress man, democratic.
Dan kildee has been representing Michigan 5th district as their congressman since 2013. He is from a town called flint Michigan and is in a good location for his political views. Kildee served as the CEO of a non-profit organization and also served as the Genesse county commisioner and treasurer. He has lived and been dedicated to flint michigan for 36 years. He also was assigned as the the assistant whip by the house Minority whip leader. Even though it was his first year in congress he was successful in anchoring 100 million dollars in federal funds for the towns Flint and Saginaw for repair. He also is a strong advocate for "Make it in America" initiative (a package of bipartisan bills to help promote and create national manufacturing policy). Some of the main political issues Kildee focus' on are, the urbanization and protection of cities, promoting american manufacturing and raising the minimum wage.

Unit 3 blogpost

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http://www.progressive.org/news/2016/03/188637/how-grassroots-revolt-against-testing-may-
change-education

 I chose this article for my third blog post because of its relevancy to me for my personal schooling and involving mass media for unit 3. The article first addresses the topic of standardized testing and how people are people are starting to revolt against it. First it addresses the "No child left behind" act, enacted by George bush during his presidency. It then goes on to explain further why parents and students are choosing to revolt against the common education system involving standardized tests.


When I read this article I could only think about my struggles personally with testing and the frustration that usually follows. I believe there are many other ways in which a students intellect can be determined and used other than by having a test to show the results and judge one way of determining intelligence. The people standing up against this issue have a major advantage that people twenty years ago did not have; technology. By the use of the internet and spreading awareness through articles, Facebook pages and even pictures like the ones below powerfully spread the message they are standing for.