Seeing as how I'm an education dinosaur, having taught for the past 32 years, I've seen many a fad, meme, phase…
The week began with the president saying that there was too much emphasis on testing in schools. In the middle of…
I get very tired very quickly when I hear that we need the best and brightest to become classroom teachers in…
It might be summer, but the education know-nothings are clearly not at the beach. The latest case-in-point is former CNN correspondent…
A FedEx truck crossed a freeway and slammed head-on into a bus carrying students in Northern California, killing 10 people, authorities…
Giving of course my humble opinion, I believe we are at the high water mark of the anti-union, pro-market-force, evaluation-by-testing mania…
What could possibly go wrong? Five of Pennsylvania’s state universities — Kutztown, Shippensburg, Edinboro, Slippery Rock and Millersville — will now allow…
Over thirty students at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego have been suspended after allegedly using school equipment to film…
When my colleagues and I met with New Jersey Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf and his staff in January, he alluded…
The President of the United States: For months, I’ve been pushing Congress to pass several common-sense ideas that will help us…
President Barack Obama urged Congress to limit student-loan rate increases, calling higher education an "economic imperative." Going to college is "an…
Why does it seem that money matters everywhere but in public education? Corporations spend lavishly to recruit the best workers and…