Should I send my child to school? We never ask this question.
Considering the low pay most citizens receive, it is nearly impossible to get along on just one parent’s income, so the school system is simply the only thing to do with your child while you’re at work. And, anyway, everybody else does it. What’s [...]
In my grade school in my wonderful hometown of Media, Pennsylvania, back in the 60’s and 70’s, they taught us rubbish. I am not referring to them telling us our government, elected by the people as it was, functioned ideally or even equitably, that we were “free,” (if you’d like to see an example of [...]
Key to motivating children to read literature that is not junk (see my previous post: Throwing In the Towel with Reading Workshop,) is finding a relevance that connects the child to the book, educational psychology having long-ago established relevance spurs an interest in reading (obviously.)
In this anally racial-attentive US culture, what has been known [...]
No Child Left Behind (NCLB,) an initiative introduced by both Republicans and Democrats, represented by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, has raised a panicked stampede of emotions from educators that is just delightful to see. I remember substitute teaching in the day when teachers used to drag themselves into school, half-zonked from partying the night [...]
I was in my local New York City Public Library today, the Jerome Park branch here, in the Bronx, and I noticed a little boy, maybe 7 or 8 years old, at the computer. As he moved his mouse, a gun barrel shifted around at the base of the screen and some rifle-scope [...]
04.01.09 Breaking News from the Motormanmark.com NewsCenter: Connecticut State Supreme Court Judge, Roy G. Biv, ruled today that Yale University must cease awarding grades until it has found a way to test all students for known “acuity-enhancing drugs,” so to grade them separately.
The decision was the result of a suit brought by Amy McPherson, [...]
