Tag: education

Education Roars Back

It’s August and the Back to School sales are ramping up in earnest, at least here in the nor’east. The sales started in July for the more southerly US climes, but that’s because they’re already back in the classrooms. In any event, it’s time once again to be thinking about education, and the issue is… Continue reading Education Roars Back

Pearson Jumps the Shark on PARCC

We are truly in deep PARCC mode now. Perhaps the April/May test administration should include readings from the Pentagon Papers. Pearson Education, the company that produces the PARCC tests, and is reportedly being paid over $22 million dollars in New Jersey alone, is monitoring social media to check for security breaches and other untoward activity. … Continue reading Pearson Jumps the Shark on PARCC

On Education: Can’t See the Forest for the Bushes

AFP PHOTO/Saul LOEB Remember the education president? That would be George H.W. Bush, who promised that he would focus on improving schools so that the United States would be number one in educating its children for the new millennium. His Goals 2000: Educate America Act had terrific political nuggets such as: All children in America… Continue reading On Education: Can’t See the Forest for the Bushes

Teacher Hangs Herself In Classroom

No,  reports say her students were not in the classroom at the time, but they found her body hanging in the classroom when they reported for class. Jillian Jacobson, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene at El Dorado High School in Placentia, some 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Los Angeles, said a spokesman.… Continue reading Teacher Hangs Herself In Classroom

President’s Weekly Address – Time to Replace ‘No Child Left Behind’

In this week’s Weekly Address,  President Obama spoke about education and replacing No Child Left Behind with a more modern, smarter policy that guarantees a better education for our children. “I want to work with both parties in Congress to replace No Child Left Behind with a smarter law,” the president said. A law “that… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Time to Replace ‘No Child Left Behind’

The Best and Brightest Have Let Us Down

I get very tired very quickly when I hear that we need the best and brightest to become classroom teachers in the United States. For one, it’s incredibly insulting because it assumes that the teachers we have now in public schools are somehow subpar, which is not true. Further, it also assumes that the elite… Continue reading The Best and Brightest Have Let Us Down

PARCC Storm II: Sunshine Peeks Through

Another week, and more snow is expected in the northeast. There’s more over the PARCC testing storm as well, but this time, there is a ray of sane sunshine. Here in New Jersey, State Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan Jr. (D-Middlesex), chairman of the Assembly’s education committee, has introduced a bill that would detail a procedure for… Continue reading PARCC Storm II: Sunshine Peeks Through

Salting the PARCCing Lot

Educators, are you getting excited? No, not about the next snowstorm, which looks like a whopper, but about the PARCC tests? You’d better be, because they are on the way and the impact will be measurable and unpredictable. For those non-educators, the PARCC tests are the standardized tests that students in grades 3-11 will take… Continue reading Salting the PARCCing Lot

10 Year Old Embarrasses Politician on Live Television – Video

It happened in London, but the same thing can easily happen here, where our government has been infiltrated by Teapartiers and backward Republicans. The 10 year old decided to pose a math question to the Minister of Education, Nicky Morgan. But Morgan, equipped with her education position in the government, was no match for Leon’s… Continue reading 10 Year Old Embarrasses Politician on Live Television – Video