Comic Writings, 2019-2020
At the end of each school year, I have the pleasure and fun of posting the inadvertently funny things my …
Category Archives: Education
The 1619 Project: Will We Help Ourselves?
I last wrote of the New York Times’ “1619 Project” on February 9 of 2020 in The 1619 Project: Academic …
Defunding School Safety
The movement to defund or abolish the police is not entirely what it seems. Some of the impetus for this …
Back To School?
It began with the need to “flatten the curve,” so our hospitals would not be overwhelmed and utterly fall apart. …
Half Time High
I have often written about how over the last decade—or so—I’ve lost at least 1/3 of my curriculum. How could …
My Final Lecture, May, 2020
The end of the school year is a bittersweet time for teachers. It’s satisfying to complete a year—or semester–of hard work. …
Homeschooling In A Time Of Pestilence
Among the potentially useful bits of fallout of the Covid-19 hysteria is the renewed discussion of the merits of homeschooling. …
Viral Grades: Kids Are Kids…
Regular reader PK recently noted:
Covid-19 And Education: Making Things Worse
In issuing guidance for restarting America, President Trump wisely put most of the decisions on the states, specifically, the governors. …
The Tyranny of Testing: Part 5, 2020
In the first four articles in this series (enter “the tyranny of testing 2020″ in the SMM homepage search bar) …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 4, 2020–UPDATED
In the first three installments of this series (enter “the tyranny of testing” into the SMM homepage search bar), I …
Education: The Worst Form
I have seen, of late, various memes to the effect of: “with schools closed, we’re seeing we don’t need them …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 3, 2020
In the first article of this series I explained the incredible amount of time lost to mandatory, high-stakes testing (and …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 2, 2020
As this is written/updated on March 21, 2020, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, due to the Coronavirus and mandatory, state …
