Posted in Bush, Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, NCLB, Politics, Research, Scandal, cheating, education, ethics, learning, school reform, teaching on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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David Berliner and Sharon Nichols, both well respected educational researchers, claim that NCLB is causing substantial harm to children, to schools, to teachers and to administrators of those schools that has the chilling effect of placing the Nation at Risk.
Limiting their remarks to only the high-stakes testing requirements of NCLB, Berliner and Nichols said:
The [...]
Posted in Islam, Muslim, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabi, extremists, religion, terrorism on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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It is ironic that the root of extremist Islam took shape in Saudi Arabia under the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abdul Hahhab (1703-1792) whose goal it was to bring the Arabian peninsula back to the strict teachings of the Prophet. It is just this form of Wahhabism that is taught in the madrases [...]
Posted in Classroom Practice, Educational Policy, crime, education, ethics, police, pop culture, teaching, writing instruction on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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The Chicago Tribune finally addressed the issue of the Cary-Grove High School response to Allan Lee’s response to a senior English writing assignment. I add some additional quotes from the article below:
Involving the police struck Jim Barnabee as overkill. He is a creative-writing instructor at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire and, like most [...]
Posted in Bush, NCLB, War, education, peace on April 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
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Here is another peace poster. This one I find even more ironic. Here we have the education president bombing Iraq back to the stone age while the DoED is engaged in the Reading First scandal and NCLB is under significant attack from independent researchers across the country. Time to stand up [...]
Posted in Bush, War, peace on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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This poster was entered in a Peace Poster contest. Dripping with sarcasm, I just had to giggle. Worth a clip and a share as well.
clipped from www.brushstroke.tv
Posted in Bush, Iraq, Martin Luther King, Politics, War, bigotry, ethics, terrorism on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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This page presents a powerful video that raises questions for all of us to think about. I found some of the piece disturbing not because of anything other than the fact that it rang true and reminded me that I do not do everything I could to end the war in Iraq. [...]
Posted in peace, photography, power, water on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Campaign 2008, Giuliani, Politics, War, White House, hubris, presidency, terrorism on April 28, 2007 | 7 Comments »
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Oh Rudy, hubris runs deep among you Republicans. Your shameless exploitation of 9-11 is a deep seated example of the excessive pride and arrogance of the right. Hubris generally is the precursor to downfall or destruction in classical tragedy. The hubris of the Bush White House led to the quagmire [...]
Posted in Classroom Practice, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Politics, Teacher Education, education, learning, school reform, teaching on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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A number of issues jump out as Chicago Public Schools fire 775 teachers, not the least of which is the simple fact that when coupled with a larger than normal retirement pool due to a program called Pension Enhancement, CPS will have thousands of openings in all grades and subject areas this year. [...]
Posted in FDA, biodiversity, biotechnology, education, frankenfoods, genetic engineering, global capitalism, global warming, gun control on April 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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Time for me to move on a bit. I have said all I want to say about gun control for a while. In this post I turn to an even more frightening example of the greed of the global capitalists, the engineering of the food supply.Genetic engineering and the food additive industries [...]
Posted in Bush, Politics, White House, pop culture, presidency on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Classroom Practice, Educational Policy, education, police, punishment, writing instruction on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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In the inappropriate action of calling in the “thought police” the Cary-Grove High School began a process that may cause Allen Lee’s life to be adversely impacted, perhaps beyond repair.
When I was teaching in the middle school I had an 8th-grade student who was a brilliant writer. She was also into the entire [...]
Posted in Culture, Politics, Research, crime, education, gun control, guns, pop culture on April 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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The most recent Gallup Poll (done before VT) indicates that the majority of Americans favor a combination of new legislation and stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws. The poll also indicates that only a minority of American homes (43%) indicate gun ownership, the majority of those households are in the South or [...]
Posted in education, gun control, guns, humor on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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The clip below, while a bit old, presents an interesting and very funny take on gun control issues. Rock, for me, has the ability to take difficult issues and squeeze the most from each one. Found this one on You Tube posted about 8 months ago. Laugh with me!
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Posted in Bush, Congress, Politics on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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With the war in Iraq raging on without an end in site, gas prices at over $3.00 per gallon, and scandals plaguing the White House is it any wonder that Bush’s approval rating is falling? This lame duck president acts as if he has no responsibility to the electorate, supports those that benefit [...]
Posted in NCLB, cheating, education, iPod, pop culture, steroids, teaching on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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I believe schooling must be authentic in order to have any value to the student. By authentic I mean 1) that all work assigned and all assessment tools must have value to the student beyond merely the four walls of the classroom, 2) that all work assigned and all assessment tools must be [...]
Posted in Classroom Practice, Educational Policy, crime, education, learning, police, writing instruction on April 27, 2007 | 7 Comments »
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Allen Lee, an 18 year old straight “A” student at Cary-Grove High School, was arrested for thinking violent thoughts and charged with two counts of disorderly conduct. Lee’s senior English teacher, after reading what Lee wrote in response to a “Free Writing” assignment was disturbed enough to report the incident to the school’s [...]
Posted in Bush, Iraq, Military Spending, Politics, War, White House, military, presidency on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Is there any wonder why people don’t trust their government? If the Bush administration were honest all shades and colors of violence in Iraq would be counted as violence, not just violence inflicted on our troops. But, not this administration. Let’s cook the books accounting practice is the rule of [...]
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