Dec
05
2008
05
2008
Budget Cut Victim – Textbook Adoption
We just got word that we will not have our scheduled textbook adoption for ELA this year as planned. I have to admit, it is disappointing. I mean, yes it meant I was going to be out of the classroom ...
Jun
09
2008
09
2008
Credential Programs: Give us your money and we’ll give you a classroom
In Education Week's article, "Busywork 101," Jay Solomon writes that the credential programs of today are a "seemingly endless journey through the abstract and the ridiculous." He also claims that these programs aren't a conspiracy of arbitrary tedium. I beg ...
Jun
08
2008
08
2008
It’s the End of The Internet as we Know It (and I feel…)
Check out this kinda frightening prediction from early Time Magazine sources. It seems that there is an attempt to create blocks of media packages starting as early as 2012 or earlier. That is, very much like TV cable packaging, the ...
Jun
05
2008
05
2008
D-Ed Reckoning Comment: It’s Not Research’s Fault that Some Teachers Just Don’t Wanna
So I posted a comment off of a D-Ed Reckoning article today. The original post suggested that education research is wasted money and cited Reading First as evidence. I commented that it wasn't research that was the problem; it was ...
Apr
24
2008
24
2008
It’s Time to Audit Education
In today's LA Times article, "California Public Schools Seek Private Money Just to Cover the Basics," the paper reported that many families are being asked to dip into their pockets to cover the fundamental supplies and necessities for their child's education. ...
