Education: Frostbitten Brains
There has been an epidemic of late, an epidemic of conspicuous stupidity on the part of public school officials. I’m …
Category Archives: Education
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, …
Coleen Ritzer: A Legacy To Leave Behind 2
In “Coleen Ritzer: A Legacy to Leave Behind,” I explored issues of crime, gun control and gun-free school zones. All …
The Reflexivity of Micro Aggression
I just returned home after nine hours of grading research papers. This is an annual ritual with all of the …
Erin Cox, Part 5: Resolution?
As regular readers know, I’ve been following the Erin Cox case from North Andover, Massachusetts for some time. The previous …
Mandatory Testing, Cowpokes and Inference
Gouverneur Morris, one of the founding fathers and a signer of the Constitution, once said that he was “constitutionally among …
Erin Cox, Part 4: The Media Spikes…It’s Out Of Bounds!
One of things for which I am thankful in writing this scruffy little blog, is the sharp-eyed attentions of you, …
High School Football as–Bullying?!
This is a story that illustrates all too clearly that life is complicated, and moral issues are not always as …
