The SAT: New And Improved?
The Scholastic Aptitude Test has been a fixture in American education for decades, but the once mighty test, lauded as …
Category Archives: Education
Coleen Ritzer: A Legacy To Leave Behind 3
The prosecution of 15 year-old Philip Chism for the brutal rape and murder of math teacher Colleen Ritzer continues.I reported …
They’re Touchy In California…
In the 1400s when I attended high school, the doctrine of “in loco parentis”–in the place of the parents—was taken …
Doin’ It To The Children…
English teachers are normally seen, by one and all, as mild-mannered, bookish people, people whose propensity for violence can be …
A Hair-Raising Tale
Regular readers know that I often call out educators whose common sense seems to be not only lacking, but nonexistent. …
Race-Based School Discipline: The Movement Continues
On August 30, 2012, PJ Media published my article titled “Up Next For Team Obama? Racial Quotas For School Discipline.” I …
Education: Frostbitten Brains
There has been an epidemic of late, an epidemic of conspicuous stupidity on the part of public school officials. I’m …
What Terrifies Illinois Educators?
As informed, regular readers know, Illinois has been dragged, kicking, screaming and swearing, into at least seeming compliance with the …
Like Taking Candy From A Baby
Here’s another case that leaves me shaking my head and wondering what supposedly educated people could possibly be thinking. This …
Education: Restoring Maximum Sanity To Zero Tolerance
Imagine you’re a teacher’s union official. A state legislator has filed a bill that will have a significant impact on …
Education: The Undisciplined Federal Approach
On August 30, 2012, PJ Media was kind enough to publish an article I wrote on the obvious intention of …
Support For A Child Molester: Lunacy
In August and September of 2013 I wrote about Rose City Middle School (Michigan) teacher Neal Erickson (those articles are …
The Influence of Captain America
Last summer I wrote an article on a Michigan college planning to use ballistic whiteboards as a means of protecting …
School Lunch on the High Speed Rail To Nutritional Oblivion
I remember school lunches. I remember that I virtually never ate them. The portions were small, everything—including the water—was fried, …
