The currents of education are turbulent and ever changing. Ask any teacher who’s been in the classroom for a certain numbers of years, and they’ll tell you about all the […]
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A Prediction About American Education
When Mayor Bloomberg first took office, I was actually still a student in it at Beach Channel High School in Rockaway Park. I remember clearly in one of my college […]
Read moreEnder’s Game and Standardized Testing
I recently read the 1980s science fiction classic Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable story despite the author’s personal view point on […]
Read moreIs Any Movement Forward Progression?–A Response to The AFT’s Suggestion of a Teacher Bar Examination
On December 2nd, 2012 the American Federation of Teachers put out a press release proclaiming their recommendation that American Teachers be required to take something resembling a bar examination as […]
Read moreThe Standardized War on Teachers Soldiers On
I’ve worked in the field of education for the better part of the last decade and over the past eight years I’ve heard the staff room talk shift heavily from […]
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