Grading Racism
August, 2020. Across America—well, in many places, mostly in red states—a new school year began, and for the first time …
Tag Archives: Education
IQ: For Our Sake–Revisited
Upon occasion I run across a previous article that seems to have aged reasonably well and bears on a contemporary …
What Dedicated Teachers Do
Way back in March of 2015, I posted an article title “What Teachers Do.” It was my musings on the …
Process Vs. Learning
Regular readers know I am a critic of what contemporary education, K-12 and college, is fast becoming. Mandates of all …
Educrats And The Scourge of Achieving Transformation
Laboring in the rocky fields of education, I find myself more and more frustrated. As I’ve noted from time to time, …
Fundamentally Transforming Education
With the advent of 2018, I thought I’d engage in a bit of a thought experiment. All dedicated teachers find …
Comic Writings For 2016-2017–Bumped
As a slight departure from my usual Monday education article, and to help usher in the new year with a …
Education Problems And Solutions, Part 4–2017
The first three articles in this, the updated 2017 version of this series are: Education Problems and Solutions, Part 1–2017 …
Education: Problems And Solutions, Part 2–2017
In Education Problems and Solutions, Part 1–2017, I wrote about how laziness, warped expectations and the demand for “data” have harmed education. …
Education: Problems And Solutions, Part 1–2017
In 2011, I published a seven-part series on the problems of contemporary education, and proposed solutions for them. It’s time to …
Education: Transformation
I’ve often written about disturbing trends in the public schools. Most are a natural consequence of the very organization of …
To My Students: Farewell, For Now…
The end of the school year is a bittersweet time for teachers. It’s satisfying to bring to an end a …
The School Prayer Narrative
This is an article I originally posted in 2012, but the topic frequently comes up, not only in my teaching, …
Education: What’s Wrong With These People?!
These days I find myself often reading the news and saying out loud: “what’s wrong with those people?! Is it …
