Teaching Naked

http://chronicle.com/article/Teach-Naked-Effort-Strips/47398/

Charlie Chaplin and Modern Times

My family recently chuckled its way through Charlie Chaplin’s last silent film, and one of his best, “Modern Times.”  One scene near the beginning has our hero at work in a modern factory, with some sort of “widgets” sailing by him on a conveyor belt.  His job is to tighten two bolts as they go [...]

Watch This Video, There Will Be a Test at the End…

Is there room for humor in education?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dAujuqCo7s

One of Boyden’s Boys Writes It Up Right

Frank Boyden is a giant, perhaps the giant, among American headmasters.  I need to give him several blogs at some point.  One of his students, John A. Pidgeon, has recently blogged about his 45 years in private education.  It is great reading for anyone who wonders how we got from WWII to where we are [...]

There is more than one way to have a great conversation…

I just had a really fun time. My old friend and compatriot, Maurice Velasquez, and I had an online conversation with some other folks about Classical education. We chose the topic of “Entertainment and Education” and had a great time. Folks could call in just like a radio show. We had [...]

Workin’ at the Carwash

So some heady types from the University of Arkansas, who also work for the Manhattan Institute Policy Research got together and sought to put some tread on the well worn sole of how little teachers get paid. If you wish to read their summary, you can find it here. But let me cut [...]

Has My Two Mommys Made it to Mainstream?

I started to read this article, then I kept reading, then I reread it, and I still find it really tough to fathom.  The author’s last line is about all I could say as well, “Think about this.  Think real hard!”
http://www.townonline.com/newton/opinion/view.bg?articleid=610359

It’s not how many, but what…

In response to this article:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650205889,00.html
I would ask, if you get smaller class sizes but still do the same things, will it make any difference other than spending more money?

Non-Discriminatory Claws

As is often the case with my blog, something I read got me going. So, before you hear me out, you should read the article as well: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3866254.
There, now you hopefully understand that I am bothered by a law suit claiming discrimination on the basis of failing a test. I don’t know enough about the [...]

Teaching to the Steriods Test

Is it wrong for kids to seek every advantage possible in the College Entrance exams? Does this allow for the rich to get richer and the poor to remain poor? Are SAT prep courses the academic equivalent of steroids in sports? Provoking questions that I want to explore as time and contemplation with willing folks [...]