There is no virtue in making children so brave that they might withstand the idiocy of adults. If schools think education is all about testing …. they’ve already forfeited their privilege to enjoy your child. Remember that. This testing madness has the tell-tale symptoms of a sick obsession … a creepy neurosis that screams of … Continue reading GMO Children
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Dear Mr. President
I don’t know how to speak with a president … but I can speak well enough with any father. So, let us speak as fathers … and of the dreams we dream for our own children. And we should also speak of patience … and promises. My own children are grown and flown … like … Continue reading Dear Mr. President
One Mother’s Journey
Guest Post from Melissa Cortright Newmaster, Pennsylvania. Here's her story... One Mother's Journey. "Oh...I’ve been a busy bee. My work is almost done here in my school district. This past Tuesday was School board election night. This is the second and the last time I will help clean out the board room. Clean sweep. No incumbents … Continue reading One Mother’s Journey
COMING HOME
“Once … while with friends … I was asked what was the most significant thing I'd ever done in my life. It was a quick answer. Right to the point … ‘Being a Marine and leading men in combat’ ..." Ten thousand six hundred nineteen miles is a long way. But it’s not so long … Continue reading COMING HOME
Cardboard Children
Check your child for neck bolts … the educational Frankensteins are at it again. Forget geography, composition, and math … school is now all about feelings. And emotions. And attitudes. It’s the hot-rage in education … the creepy premise that schools can instill acceptable human emotions and reactions in your child because … I guess … Continue reading Cardboard Children
Bad Decisions Make Bad Stories
Bad decisions make bad stories. Is anyone floored that schools are the new mother-lode for slobbering hedge-funders and tech magnates? Big Banks, Big Pharma, Big Oil … move on ... it’s Big Ed Tech's turn. "Silicon Valley is going all out to own America’s school computer-and-software market, projected to reach $21 billion in sales by … Continue reading Bad Decisions Make Bad Stories
National Database Clearinghouse: Google Pizza Runs Your Life
Guest Post; The following CALLER & GOOGLE excerpt has been floating in cyberspace with different versions since 2007. Original author unknown. The final paragraph was added by Michelle as a timely reminder that should probably be sent to Federal Legislators and State Boards of Education and perhaps local boards. Maybe they will care when this … Continue reading National Database Clearinghouse: Google Pizza Runs Your Life
“Academic Kindergarten”
Please make it stop. Has everyone in education gone mad? “Academic kindergarten”? It’s worse than it sounds. Is anyone else stunned-numb at this? This edu-speak? This academic newspeak that oozes out of these clinical dissections of how children learn? It never stops. Another day, another brain-bruising study … and another tried-and-true bit of educational common … Continue reading “Academic Kindergarten”
Common Core is Pure Hemlock
Common Core is pure hemlock. However it’s rebranded, this reform has poisoned public education … and the profession has almost died off. No one wants to teach anymore. Master-teachers are rushing to retirement … and rookies are fleeing in mid-year. Teacher prep programs are starving for would-be teachers. And now we’re hearing from “lifers” … … Continue reading Common Core is Pure Hemlock
Ten Commandments of Public Education
Perhaps we should all resolve to take back our schools. To reclaim our parental rights. To demand that schools focus on OUR CHILDREN ... and that those unwilling to put OUR CHILDREN first should ... perhaps ... stake out other careers. It is time to acknowledge the mistakes of the last decade ... and the … Continue reading Ten Commandments of Public Education
Missives Worth Reading 