KRON-TV reports on Secret Service Questions Students: For years the classroom has been the setting for the free expression of ideas, but two weeks ago certain ideas led to two […]
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First, God created idiots. That was just for practice. Then He created school boards. – Mark Twain
I stand corrected
Yesterday, I linked to a Washington Times story on teachers taunting children of deployed military members. The story pissed me off. Which, of course, was the intent of the writer, […]
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UPDATE: Since publication of this post, it has been revealed that Robert Stacy McCain is actually a gigantic liar and neo-confederate scumbag. He changed facts, embellished and lied in […]
Read moreState Sponsored Patriotism
A California State Senator is once again trying to legislate patriotism: Students in California are currently required to participate in a daily "patriotic exercise," which may include a moment of […]
Read moreReading Bad, TV Good
Jane Ehrenfeld, in Teacher Magazine (disclosure alert: my wife has written for this rag in the past) on Hide Your Books: "To Ms. Ehrenfeld: This morning I observed that during […]
Read moreMore Zero Tolerance
Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute on Expelled, and it wasn't even a real phaser: One of Mitch's friends purchased a laser pointer and a second friend brought it to […]
Read moreCasey Lartigue on Limbaugh
Received the following message from Casey Lartigue: Cato's education policy analyst Casey Lartigue, Jr. will be interviewed by guest host Walter Williams on Rush Limbaugh's radio show on Thursday, December […]
Read moreSelf Tooting of Horn
I've stumbled upon another university linking to The Multiracial Activist as a resource for a course. This one, offered by Arizona State University is on Recreation and Tourism for Diverse […]
Read moreSnipers and Kindergarteners
Earlier this week, my little boy (five) told me that "a sniper is out in woods shooting at people." (sigh) I asked him where he heard that from, figuring a […]
Read moreBoys and School
Glenn J. Sacks has written a new commentary on the subject of The ‘Boy Parent Dilemma'. As the father of brand-new kindergartener, I can especially relate to this paragraph: Success […]
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