students Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/students/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 03:12:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png students Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/students/ 32 32 12773863 College Is For Everyone… Except for Those It’s Not https://ezkool.com/2015/12/college-is-for-everyone/ Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:24:51 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61781 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 […]

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]]> 61781 Education’s Dirty Little Secret https://ezkool.com/2015/11/educations-dirty-little-secret/ https://ezkool.com/2015/11/educations-dirty-little-secret/#respond Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:33:54 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=60710 The week began with the president saying that there was too much emphasis on testing in schools.  In the middle of the week, the New York Times published a story about Success Academy Charter Schools that, among other things, noted the following: The network serves mostly black and Hispanic students and is known for exacting […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/11/educations-dirty-little-secret/feed/ 0 60710 The Best and Brightest Have Let Us Down https://ezkool.com/2015/02/the-best-and-brightest-have-let-us-down/ https://ezkool.com/2015/02/the-best-and-brightest-have-let-us-down/#respond Sun, 08 Feb 2015 23:38:56 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57911 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 […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/02/the-best-and-brightest-have-let-us-down/feed/ 0 57911 The Education Reform Silly Season https://ezkool.com/2014/08/education-reform-silly-season/ https://ezkool.com/2014/08/education-reform-silly-season/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:19:56 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53777 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 […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/08/education-reform-silly-season/feed/ 0 53777 10 Killed In Bus Collision in California https://ezkool.com/2014/04/10-killed-in-bus-collision-in-california/ https://ezkool.com/2014/04/10-killed-in-bus-collision-in-california/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:38:37 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=50224 A FedEx truck crossed a freeway and slammed head-on into a bus carrying students in Northern California, killing 10 people, authorities said Friday. The collision Thursday evening killed both drivers, five students and three chaperones, said Lt. Bill Carpenter with the California Highway Patrol. At least 34 people were taken to local hospitals, authorities said. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/04/10-killed-in-bus-collision-in-california/feed/ 0 50224 Teaching, Unions and Social Justice https://ezkool.com/2013/12/teaching-union-and-social-justice/ https://ezkool.com/2013/12/teaching-union-and-social-justice/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:27:39 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=45586 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 that’s gripped education. Or I could be seriously deluded and education is going through a profound change that will see radically different protocols for years to come. Monday is the National Day of Action, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/12/teaching-union-and-social-justice/feed/ 0 45586 Schools In Pennsylvania Now Allowing Students To Be Armed In Class https://ezkool.com/2013/05/schools-in-pennsylvania-now-allowing-students-to-be-armed-in-class/ https://ezkool.com/2013/05/schools-in-pennsylvania-now-allowing-students-to-be-armed-in-class/#respond Wed, 15 May 2013 16:51:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=35326 What could possibly go wrong? Five of Pennsylvania’s state universities — Kutztown, Shippensburg, Edinboro, Slippery Rock and Millersville — will now allow students to carry firearms at school, due to advice from attorneys in the governor’s office and state higher education office claiming that “blanket firearms bans were vulnerable to constitutional challenge and exposed the universities” […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/05/schools-in-pennsylvania-now-allowing-students-to-be-armed-in-class/feed/ 0 35326 33 High School Students Suspended Over ‘Awesome Twerk Video’ https://ezkool.com/2013/05/33-high-school-students-suspended-over-awesome-twerk-video/ https://ezkool.com/2013/05/33-high-school-students-suspended-over-awesome-twerk-video/#respond Thu, 02 May 2013 18:39:53 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=34479 Over thirty students at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego have been suspended after allegedly using school equipment to film a twerking video. Urban Dictionary defines “twerking” as “the act of moving/ shaking ones ass/buns/bottom/buttocks/bum-bum in a circular, up-and-down, and side-to-side motion. basically a slutty dance. derived from strip clubs.” All told, some 33 media class […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/05/33-high-school-students-suspended-over-awesome-twerk-video/feed/ 0 34479 The Final NJ Teacher Evaluation Rules. Until They Change. https://ezkool.com/2013/02/nj-teacher-evaluation-rules/ https://ezkool.com/2013/02/nj-teacher-evaluation-rules/#respond Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:14:13 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=28672 When my colleagues and I met with New Jersey Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf and his staff in January, he alluded to March 6 as the date when the State Board of Education would be issuing its final rules on teacher evaluation. He reminded us that final rules meant that because of public comments the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/02/nj-teacher-evaluation-rules/feed/ 0 28672 Presidential Address – Creating Long Term Economic Stability https://ezkool.com/2012/07/creating-long-term-stability/ https://ezkool.com/2012/07/creating-long-term-stability/#respond Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:45:30 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=18148 The President of the United States: For months, I’ve been pushing Congress to pass several common-sense ideas that will help us do that.  And on Friday, I signed into law a bill that will do two things for the American people. First, it will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our nation’s […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/07/creating-long-term-stability/feed/ 0 18148 Fighting For Students – President Calls On Congress to Work FOR Students, Not Against Them https://ezkool.com/2012/04/fighting-for-students-president-calls-on-congress-to-work-for-students-not-against-them/ https://ezkool.com/2012/04/fighting-for-students-president-calls-on-congress-to-work-for-students-not-against-them/#respond Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:24:28 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=17009 President Barack Obama urged Congress to limit student-loan rate increases, calling higher education an “economic imperative.” Going to college is “an economic imperative that every family must be able to afford,” the President said Saturday in his weekly address. Student-loan rates are set to be the next big issue split along party lines, and Obama […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/04/fighting-for-students-president-calls-on-congress-to-work-for-students-not-against-them/feed/ 0 17009 Class And The Classroom https://ezkool.com/2011/12/class-and-the-classroom/ https://ezkool.com/2011/12/class-and-the-classroom/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:22:39 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=14111 Why does it seem that money matters everywhere but in public education? Corporations spend lavishly to recruit the best workers and provide the most luxurious perks. The best places to live are in the wealthier suburbs that can pay for clean, safe streets. High end cars have the latest gadgetry and safety features. But public […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/12/class-and-the-classroom/feed/ 2 14111 Lies, Damn Lies, and the Truth About Teacher Tenure https://ezkool.com/2011/12/lies-damn-lies-and-the-truth-about-teacher-tenure/ https://ezkool.com/2011/12/lies-damn-lies-and-the-truth-about-teacher-tenure/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:04:24 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13879 Have you heard the latest story about teachers and tenure? No? It goes like this. A teacher was given stellar evaluations for two and a half years. In the spring of the third year, the principal wrote a savagely negative review of one of the teacher’s lessons because the teacher made comments about how cold […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/12/lies-damn-lies-and-the-truth-about-teacher-tenure/feed/ 2 13879 To Protect And To Serve – The One Percent https://ezkool.com/2011/11/to-protect-and-to-serve-the-on-percent/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/to-protect-and-to-serve-the-on-percent/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13583 This is a small compilation of police officers nationwide and their interpretation of protecting and serving the American people as they, the American people, peacefully exercise their Constitutionally protected First Amendment rights.

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/to-protect-and-to-serve-the-on-percent/feed/ 0 13583 Eerie Scene As U.C Davis’ Chancellor Leaves Press Conference – Video https://ezkool.com/2011/11/eerie-scene-as-u-c-davis-chancellor-leaves-press-conference-video/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/eerie-scene-as-u-c-davis-chancellor-leaves-press-conference-video/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:28:14 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13574 The silence was deafening! After the spraying incident at UC Davis where peaceful protesting students were pepper sprayed like bugs, outrage began pouring into to the university, as Americans nationwide called for the resignation of the police officers involved as well as UC Davis Chancellor, Linda P.B Katehi. Katehi pledged support for the trigger happy police, and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/eerie-scene-as-u-c-davis-chancellor-leaves-press-conference-video/feed/ 0 13574 Police Brutality Against OccupyBerkeley Students https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-brutality-against-occupyberkeley-students/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-brutality-against-occupyberkeley-students/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13333 More police brutality on American citizens, exercising their right to peacefully assembly and protest. The students at Berkeley showed their support for OccupyWall Street by forming OccupyBerkeley, only to have the stuffing knocked out of them by the very group who took an oath to protect and to serve them. A true example of how citizens who […]

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