Jesus vs. the Board of Regents

My dueling aspects to my degree (A Bible major with a Biology minor) continue to have fun in the debate over Science and the Bible.  Here is an article in the that very conservative paper, the San Francisco Chronicle, which does its best to make Christians appear ignorant and egregious.  As always, comments coveted.
Culture war pits UC [...]

Jesus vs. the Board of Regents

My dueling aspects to my degree (A Bible major with a Biology minor) continue to have fun in the debate over Science and the Bible.  Here is an article in the that very conservative paper, the San Francisco Chronicle, which does its best to make Christians appear ignorant and egregious.  As always, comments coveted.
Culture war pits UC [...]

Johnny Cash Flash, Its a Gas, Gas, Gas

What does this have to do with education? Johnny is a modern Achilles. There, I think that justifies the post.
This is a great article I pulled from Touchstone Magazine’s site. If you don’t get this magazine, purchase a subscription. If you have a subscription and still don’t get it, then pray harder. [...]

Johnny Cash Flash, Its a Gas, Gas, Gas

What does this have to do with education? Johnny is a modern Achilles. There, I think that justifies the post.
This is a great article I pulled from Touchstone Magazine’s site. If you don’t get this magazine, purchase a subscription. If you have a subscription and still don’t get it, then pray harder. [...]

The “New” Culture Wars

I found this article interesting and it did provoke a number of thoughts that I don’t have time to write down right now. Would love to discuss it with anyone.
The Culture Wars of 2005

— Scott Jaschik, in “Inside Higher Ed News”
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/12/08/culture

The “New” Culture Wars

I found this article interesting and it did provoke a number of thoughts that I don’t have time to write down right now. Would love to discuss it with anyone.
The Culture Wars of 2005

— Scott Jaschik, in “Inside Higher Ed News”
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/12/08/culture

Reading Related to Poetry

I found this article from Charlotte of interest. I don’t think the article draws clear lines between how memorizing and performing poetry will lead to higher literacy, but it is a great conversation for those of us in CCE.
Lure of the spoken word
Poetry reciting contest intended to entice students to read
KAY MCSPADDEN
Special to the [...]

Compelling Them to Come

I recently ran across an article by someone somewhere (don’t you love the Internet’s ability to make you completely ignorant of authorship and authority?) that adds to the discuss some of you have been having with me about compulsory education. The whole notion of a democracy needing an educated populace is not really addressed, [...]

Eureka! Good Schools Have Great Teachers

Two recent educational reports both seem to have “discovered” the secret to success with students – teach them well.
I don’t mean to sound sarcastic, but I was struck with the overt irony of this article in the LA Times. You can read the article in full here. Almost everything it mentions seems to [...]