With A Brooklyn Accent: Letter to Governor Christie from the New Jersey Teacher He Screamed At
http://withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com/2013/11/letter-to-governor-christie-from-new.html
You are setting up teachers to take the blame for all of this. You have portrayed us as greedy, lazy money-draining public servants that do nothing. I invite you to come do my job for one week Governor Christie. I invite you to come see my students, see how little they really have during the school day as they are being forced to keep learning for a single snapshot of their educational worth. For that one end-all, be-all test, the NJASK. The one that the future of my job and my life is now based upon.
Tuition Aid From a Zombie Elf - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/nyregion/tuition-aid-from-a-zombie-elf.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Last year, Mr. Johnson received one of the first two grants given by Gamers Helping Gamers, a nonprofit organization founded by a group of successful young New Yorkers to assist a very specific group of students: those who play the fantasy trading card game Magic: The Gathering.
Tuition Aid From a Zombie Elf - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/nyregion/tuition-aid-from-a-zombie-elf.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all
Last year, Mr. Johnson received one of the first two grants given by Gamers Helping Gamers, a nonprofit organization founded by a group of successful young New Yorkers to assist a very specific group of students: those who play the fantasy trading card game Magic: The Gathering.
Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% « ACEs Too High
http://acestoohigh.com/2012/04/23/lincoln-high-school-in-walla-walla-wa-tries-new-approach-to-school-discipline-expulsions-drop-85/
A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly:
“Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?” He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?”
Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% « ACEs Too High
http://acestoohigh.com/2012/04/23/lincoln-high-school-in-walla-walla-wa-tries-new-approach-to-school-discipline-expulsions-drop-85
A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly:
“Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?” He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?”
Elizabeth Smart: Abstinence Education Teaches Rape Victims They're Worthless, Dirty, And Filthy | ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/06/1967591/elizabeth-smart-abstinence-ed/
abstinence-only education programs have a long history of imparting harmful messages that shame youth about their sexuality instead of teaching them the facts they need to safeguard their health
Elizabeth Smart: Abstinence Education Teaches Rape Victims They're Worthless, Dirty, And Filthy | ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/06/1967591/elizabeth-smart-abstinence-ed
abstinence-only education programs have a long history of imparting harmful messages that shame youth about their sexuality instead of teaching them the facts they need to safeguard their health
Neil Fraser: News: CS in VN
http://neil.fraser.name/news/2013/03/16/
Holy crap. My self-education in comp sci looked a lot like this, but I was a weirdo. America is screwed.
Neil Fraser: News: CS in VN
http://neil.fraser.name/news/2013/03/16
Holy crap. My self-education in comp sci looked a lot like this, but I was a weirdo. America is screwed.
"I Like" Spanish Stickers (60) at Teacher's Discovery
http://www.teachersdiscovery.com/Item--i-01-083-E01773
Tell the kids how you really feel with these "thumbs up" stickers. There are even a few "don't like" and "it's just o.k." stickers in this package for kidding around! Three sheets of 20 assorted full color stickers, for a total of 60. Each sticker measures over one inch across.
Bill Maher Has No Interest In Your Bullshit Religious University
http://gawker.com/5911650/bill-maher-has-no-interest-in-your-bullshit-religious-university
It's graduation time and that means various notables are giving commencement addresses like nobody's business. Last week, Mitt Romney spoke at Liberty University, which provided Bill Maher with a jumping off point on tonight's Real Time. I know this is gonna shock you, but Maher isn't a big fan of any part of it.
Red Tape - Up against the Wall! Should district be allowed to demand middle-schooler's Facebook password?
http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/13/10657012-up-against-the-wall-should-district-be-allowed-to-demand-middle-schoolers-facebook-password
"(The student now) fears that the school could make her give up her passwords at a moment's notice, at any time, for any reason," the lawsuit claims. It also alleges that password prying is standard practice at the Minnewaska Middle School, which the student still attends. "(Officials) have compelled other students to disclose their private information and have accessed students' online accounts on multiple occasions," it states.
Flashback: In 2006, Rick Santorum Wanted To Send All Pennsylvanians To College | TPM2012
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/flashback-in-2006-rick-santorum-wanted-to-send-all-paians-to-college.php
But the last time Santorum ran for public office — his ill-fated 2006 Senate reelection campaign — he was right there with Obama, running on his promise to make college more accessible to all Pennsylvanians.
Santorum: Obama is ‘a snob’ who ‘wants everybody to go to college’ | The Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/25/santorum-obama-is-a-snob-who-wants-everybody-to-go-to-college/#.T0k-8wmWsuw.reddit
“President Obama wants everybody in America to go to college, what a snob,” he said.
Santorum: Obama is ‘a snob’ who ‘wants everybody to go to college’ | The Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/25/santorum-obama-is-a-snob-who-wants-everybody-to-go-to-college#.T0k-8wmWsuw.reddit
“President Obama wants everybody in America to go to college, what a snob,” he said.
BBC News - Coding - the new Latin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15916677
The campaign to boost the teaching of computer skills - particularly coding - in schools is gathering force.
Peer-driven learning: We ain’t cracked that nut.
http://pippabuchanan.com/2011/10/14/peer-driven-learning-we-aint-cracked-that-nut
Too Much Homework, Not Enough Time to be a Kid
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/too-much-homework-not-enough-time-to-be-a-kid.html
Just Let Kids Use the Damn Internet At School [Censorship]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/4ZArZ6_g8xo/just-let-kids-use-the-damn-internet-at-school
"Go ahead, give American students a longer school day — but use the additional hours to put back in..."
http://www.underpaidgenius.com/post/10727401270
New College Graduates To Be Cryogenically Frozen Until Job Market Improves | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-college-graduates-to-be-cryogenically-frozen-u,17034
"The bill, expected to swiftly pass in both houses, would facilitate the subzero preservation of any graduate of a two- or four-year educational institution. Sponsors of the initiative said that with the national unemployment rate at just under 10 percent, it only made sense for young job-seekers to temporarily enter a state of supercooled stasis. "
Stryde Hax: The Spy at Harriton High
http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2010/02/spy-at-harrington-high.html
"This investigation into the remote spying allegedly being conducted against students at Lower Merion represents an attempt to find proof of spying and a look into the toolchain used to accomplish spying. "
My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To Read Is Over | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/my_living_nightmare_of
"After 26 long years, I can finally rest easy. Twenty-six years I spent standing in front of a camera, gritting my teeth, and shilling the latest works of every hack children's book author imaginable. For 26 years, I've told kids they could open a magical door to another world just by reading a book, when the only door it ever opened for me led to a soul-sucking career in the horrifying abyss of public television.
But now, at last, it is over. I don't have to lie anymore. I don't have to live that nightmare."
A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges - washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091104312.html
"If the mainstream of "college teaching" becomes a set of atomistic, underpaid adjuncts, we'll lose a precious academic tradition that is not easily replaced."
The Benefits of Open to the Detroit Public Schools « Trek
http://wonderfullyflawed.com/2009/06/05/the-benefits-of-open-to-the-detroit-public-schools
"Think about the whole process in 2009: Patti was able get free consulting and find a solution to a very real problem with, literally, no money changing hands. Open advice, open process, open communications (all the way from teacher Patti to author Cory), open content. End result: Detroit Public School kids get award winning reading material at no cost to the school or any of the people who helped make it happen."
University Computer Labs? How Retro! | Technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2009/03/27/university-computer-labs-how-retro
"With almost every student owning a laptop, the school decided that the time was right to save several hundred thousand dollars by eliminating access to shared machines. (It’ll continue to offer space for students to share as they work together, so the lab’s value as a collaborative environment won’t disappear.)"
Op-Ed Columnist - Time to Reboot America - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/opinion/24friedman.html
The GOP ticket's appalling contempt for science and learning. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2203120
"This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus. Those who despise science and learning are not anti-elitist. They are morally and intellectually slothful people who are secretly envious of the educated and the cultured. And those who prate of spiritual warfare and demons are not just "people of faith" but theocratic bullies. On Nov. 4, anyone who cares for the Constitution has a clear duty to repudiate this wickedness and stupidity."
Judge says UC can deny religious course credit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/12/BAQT129NMG.DTL&tsp=1
"A federal judge says the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution. ... Rejecting claims of religious discrimination and stifling of free expression, U.S. District Judge James Otero of Los Angeles said UC's review committees cited legitimate reasons for rejecting the texts - not because they contained religious viewpoints, but because they omitted important topics in science and history and failed to teach critical thinking."
Overcoming Bias: My Favorite Liar
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html
"Between today until the class right before finals, it is my intention to work into each of my lectures ... one lie."
dy/dan » Blog Archive » So Happy Together #1
http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=507
"So you’ve gotta ask yourself: the planes that were shot down, where did they get hit?"
Are We Failing Our Geniuses? - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1653653,00.html
"it can't make sense to spend 10 times as much to try to bring low-achieving students to mere proficiency as we do to nurture those with the greatest potential."
The Wall of Separation - Falwell’s Flub: Jerry-Rigged Policy Opens Door For Pagan Proselytizing In Virginia Public School
http://blog.au.org/2006/12/falwells_flub_j.html
"A group of Pagans in Albemarle County, Va., was recently given permission to advertise their multi-cultural holiday program to public school children – and they have the Rev. Jerry Falwell to thank for it."
Kids outsmart Web filters | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Kids+outsmart+Web+filters/2009-1041-6062548.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703
"It's going to be the constant battle. No matter what you put up, kids are going to work around it"
Some Schools Are Leaving Recess Behind - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_on_re_us/school_recess
"Recess competes with many other activities for schedule time, from music and arts to gym classes and computer classes."
NYC School Cell Phone Ban Causes Uproar - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060512/ap_on_re_us/cell_phone_ban
"It's kind of ridiculous that we think we can't survive without a cell phone when people did it for thousands of years"
Chronicle Careers: 11/07/2005
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/11/2005110701c.htm
"The attention may last for a few years, and then our mental lives are deposited in libraries, where they remain like unvisited tombs, until someone decides to sell them for $1 each or throw them into a dumpster to be pulped."
A web professional can never stop learning | 456 Berea Street
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200511/a_web_professional_can_never_stop_learning
"Why should web professionals not be required to know their craft?"
Just a Bump in the Beltway: Bizarro World
http://www.node707.com/archives/005360.shtml
"The only reason that "intelligent design" has become an issue in the national news is because reporters like Laurie Goodstein have refused to do their jobs and become actors in the "he said/she said" which passes for reporting in this country, which is e
Scientific method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
"Scientific methods or processes are considered fundamental to the scientific investigation and acquisition of new knowledge based upon physical evidence."
MSN Encarta - Could You Pass 8th-Grade Math?
http://encarta.msn.com/quiz_95/Could_You_Pass_8th-Grade_Math.html
Yes, I did pass with 10/10. I had to work to remember a formula or two, but this ain't rocket science.
ITworld.com - The joy of taking stuff apart
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/nls_ebiztakeapart050830
"In 50 years time, when today's 12 year olds are writing their biographical sketches of how they got into electronics or mechanics or computing, how will they describe their childhood learning experiences?"
And Now A Word From the Astronomers...: Corante The Loom
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/2005/08/05/and_now_a_word_from_the_astronomers.php
"It would be a lot more helpful if you would advocate good science teaching and the importance of scientific understanding for a strong and thriving America."
morons.org - Intelligent design -- theories, laws, and so forth
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?id=6441§ionid=7
"Either way, you need a hypothesis, and you need to test it -- but you know right then whether the end result, if it's proven, would be a theory or a law."
[IP] more on Attempts at overthrowing the teaching of evolution gather
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200411/msg00109.html
"This is an endemic problem because we teach evolution in biology classes."
The Little Coder's Predicament
http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/theLittleCodersPredicament.html
"And people will seriously pray to you. You know how geeks get when they pledge allegiance to something."
98-026 Nintendo: Game Development for the 8-bit NES
http://www.bobrost.com/nes
Hmm, I think I need to sign up for this class! If only
Computer Programming Camp Counselor
http://detroit.craigslist.org/sof/31009959.html
This almost sounds like it'd be fun, though maybe I'm a bit old for it :)
The New York Times Science U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/science/03RESE.html?ei=5062&en=88b4555287a5fd0c&ex=1084161600&pagewanted=1&partner=GOOGLE
Smart People Believe Weird Things
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0002F4E6-8CF7-1D49-90FB809EC5880000&chanID=sa008
Rarely does anyone weigh facts before deciding what to believe
'Abstaining' Teens Still Get STDs
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/09/health/main604877.shtml
"It's a tragedy if we withhold from these kids information about how not to get STDs or not to get pregnant"
Beyond Belief
http://futurepositive.synearth.net/2004/02/13
"Imagine telling a person from the Agriculture Age that one day their children will no longer be taught at home"
Watching the Jobs Go By
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/opinion/11KRIS.html
"In 1957, the Soviet launching of Sputnik frightened America into substantially improving math and science education. I'm hoping that the loss of jobs in medicine and computers to India and elsewhere will again jolt us into bolstering our own teaching of
CNN.com - Georgia considers banning 'evolution' - Jan. 30, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/30/striking.evolution.ap/index.html
"The state's school superintendent has proposed striking the word evolution from Georgia's science curriculum and replacing it with the phrase 'biological changes over time.'"
The Indian Machine
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/india.html?pg=6
"Computers threatened our jobs, but ultimately made us stronger. So will outsourcing."
Underachievers' parents deny honor students
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001843435_schools25.html
"The school honor roll, a time-honored system for rewarding "A" students, has become an apparent source of embarrassment for some underachievers."
Scientific Ignorance Dooms Democracy
http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Transitory_Human/column.aspx?articleID=2003-12-22-2
Teacher sues over limits on history curriculum
http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/031204teachersues.shtml