Intelligently Designed Boycott

Are you following the whole Kansas School Board thing with ID and science education? I am a biology minor, so this stuff is in my blood, and I originated in KS, so this is deeper in my blood, and I am an educator, so I am supposed to watch all this, but I am [...]

Intelligently Designed Boycott

Are you following the whole Kansas School Board thing with ID and science education? I am a biology minor, so this stuff is in my blood, and I originated in KS, so this is deeper in my blood, and I am an educator, so I am supposed to watch all this, but I am [...]

Caesar Meets the Media

Not sure what that title means, but it went through my head when I saw the following. Not sure if others are keeping abreast of the gummit’s desire to give vouchers to private schools for helping with displaced Katrina folk, but this fella from People for the American Way was not impressed:
Don’t subsidize religion
If [...]

Can We Talk?

It happens about this time every year. School classrooms take some time off and become conference rooms. Parents come in and see the teachers to find out how Johnny is doing and it all becomes a test of the parent and teacher’s perspiration protection. Why does Mr. and Mrs. Doe come into [...]

Time Out of Mind (with apologies to Bob Dylan)

Classically Crazy: Every once in a while I see one of those pieces that make me want to shout for a few minutes, and a blog is a wonderful place to shout, but with care.
Time magazine blasted for promoting ‘gay teens’Publication doesn’t disclose cover story written by homosexual
Posted: October 18, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Time [...]

Yet more on the move toward the ancient languages…

Thanks to Quiddity for posting this, I am simply adding to the fray…
Latin’s RebirthGreek Still May Be Greek To Most, But Students Increasingly Choosing To Do As The Romans DoOctober 16, 2005By WILLIAM WEIR, Courant Staff Writer

Comparing and Contrasting…

Posted on Fri, Oct. 07, 2005
A tool for evaluating schools
New Web site offers information for comparing N.C. school districts
A tool for evaluating schoolsNew Web site offers information for comparing N.C. school districts
From former N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt of Raleigh, who serves on the National Advisory Board of Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation Services:
The latest national [...]

If You Have Some Time to Kill Online

A great site on weirdness in modern ed theory and practice:
http://www.illinoisloop.org/index.html
Anyone want to start one of these for North Carolina? Some really great stuff here.

Have You Hugged a Middleschooler Today?

I have spent most of my adult life with Middle school kids. The following article was fun to help me consider why I keep working with these kids…
Mayhem in the Middle
How middle schools have failed
America—and how to make them work
By Cheri Pierson Yecke
Foreword by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Link to article: http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/2960_MayhemFINAL.pdf

Just Press the “Dumb” Button

I see so much out on the web and in the news, I just have to post some of it for others to enjoy (I am not sure where I found this, but had to share):
One Secret to Better Test Scores: Make State Reading Tests Easier

By MICHAEL WINERIP
Published: October 5, 2005
PARENTS are delighted when state [...]