Mostly observations on the state of public education in the United States and the perpetual efforts to reform it along with commentary on products for classroom use, written from a perspective of someone involved in K-12 teaching.
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Seth Godin, whose blog is well worth a daily read, wonders about the old cliche which says that if your only tool is a hammer then all problems look like nails.
The practical effect of this thinking is that “when the market changes, you may be seeing...
This is a pretty crappy example of the relationship between government and journalism.
Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy agreed to speak to students at a private high school in New York and then insisted that he be allowed to review the story...
Another interesting example of how attempting to filter information coming from the web doesn’t work all that well.
This situation has to do with a man who was convicted of murdering a well-known actor in Germany and is now out on parole, and who now...
Jay Mathews and a colleague at the Post are soliciting suggestions for their lists of the ten best education blogs of 2009.
I had the honor of being placed on Uncle Jay’s list of favorites last year, primarily due to my
frequent rants about the...
Back to the continuing budget mess here in the overly-large school district.
The superintendent and others have been holding meetings with employee groups and community members (and distributing poorly worded surveys) to get suggestions on what...
