Tag: schools

College Is For Everyone… Except for Those It’s Not

Seeing as how I’m an education dinosaur, having taught for the past 32 years, I’ve seen many a fad, meme, phase and reform come and go during my career. Each of these aforesaid events was billed as the new reality and the change that would ignite the staid and conservative field into a dynamo that… Continue reading College Is For Everyone… Except for Those It’s Not

Wyoming Republicans Pass Legislation to Allow guns in Schools

I have no clue why guns should be allowed in schools. We all know they’re not going to learn anything, but Republicans obviously think guns will benefit somehow if they’re allowed in schools. Or maybe it’s the NRA that benefits. The bill, supported by leaders of the Republican-led House, would repeal “gun-free zones” carved out… Continue reading Wyoming Republicans Pass Legislation to Allow guns in Schools

The Education Reform Silly Season

It might be summer, but the education know-nothings are clearly not at the beach. The latest case-in-point is former CNN correspondent Campbell Brown’s incredibly uninformed comments on teacher tenure that, unfortunately, millions of people saw and didn’t stick around for the fact-checking. Her musings come on the heels of a California decision in which a… Continue reading The Education Reform Silly Season

Whose Name Should Be First On Any National Database For Mental Health?

Besides Rush Limbaugh, this other guy is a total basket case. He is the same one who said that bringing more guns on school grounds would reduce the amount of kids murdered. He is also the same guy who said today on Meet The Press that reducing the amount of clips in a gun would… Continue reading Whose Name Should Be First On Any National Database For Mental Health?

Education Reform: Baseball Bats to Bad Data

Remember when Joe Clark was the face of educational reform? The former Principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, NJ patrolled the hallways of his out-of-control institution in the 1980s with only a bullhorn and a baseball bat, fighting poverty, gangs, crime and under-performing students as the face of urban education. His tactics were crude… Continue reading Education Reform: Baseball Bats to Bad Data

Bold Ideas Lead to Great Schools: The Future of Education Reform

This article originally appeared on my blog at: anjfarmer.blogspot.com Sometimes an idea, or set of ideas, comes along that’s so clear and sensible, it makes you stop and wonder why we haven’t implemented it. Then again, some ideas are so ineffective, it’s a wonder they haven’t been buried in an avalanche of criticism Such is… Continue reading Bold Ideas Lead to Great Schools: The Future of Education Reform

Newt Gingrich – Fire Janitors, Hire Kids Instead

We normally allow idiotic statements from Republican presidential candidates to fall by the way side. Not every foolish phrase they make needs coverage. Take for example; Michele Bachmann. If we covered every silly statement Bachmann made, EzKool would single-handedly reduce the unemployment rate due to all the extra help we’d need. So we’ll pick and… Continue reading Newt Gingrich – Fire Janitors, Hire Kids Instead