Bullet Proof Blankets For School Shootings Are A Thing by Terry Heick There is a market for bullet proof–or rather, bullet resistant–blankets to cover children with. I’m incapable of contextualizing this, so I’m just going to share some information and links for further reading, then move on before I take off running and never stop,…
What Is The Difference Between An Initialism And An Acronym? Initialisms and an acronyms are often confused, not so much that one is mistaken for another, but rather that initialisms aren’t usually named at all. To many, every series of letters (that function as initials) are called “acronyms.” The distinction, while primarily an academic distinction,…
Take A Classroom Selfie & Share It With Us We want to see inside your classroom. Not necessarily an image with your face in it. You probably have a lovely face, but we want to see the classroom itself. If your face is part of it and you love your face, send away. It may be…
Taking A Closer Look At What The Research Says About Preschool by Neal McCluskey, Ph.D. Associate Director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute Register For Pre-School Education: What The Research Says hosted by The Cato Institute Live Stream of the event can be viewed Tuesday, January 7th at 12 p.m. Eastern A Nation at Risk. New American Schools….
Bah, Humbug: Why I Hate the Holidays In Schools by Jane Healey, Humbug From the end of Thanksgiving break until the beginning of the holidays, I grit my teeth, steel my nerves and keep my head down. I don’t believe much learning happens, and I know conflicts and clashes escalate quickly. I’m overscheduled, short on…
The old way to be cool was to be plugged in and always-on. Digital reputation on point. More followers than people you follow. Respond to messages in seconds. The new cool? Total isolation, solitary confinement style. And it can be yours for just over $2000 US. Distraction-free academic interaction: the students, the text, and nothing…
Nothing endures like love. So when a 96 year-old man, recently widowed from his wife of 73 years, read about a songwriting contest, in lieu of his complete lack of experience he felt moved to respond. The heart-breaking–and heart-warming–result, published on twentytwowords.com, can be seen below. Love wins.
Math rap is amazing. This video checks all the boxes you’d ever want, including awkwardness, pop rap, and forced math content.
In our well-intended insistence to bring everyone up to “proficiency” via academic “standards,” there is also an automatic reductionism that occurs, whereby all of the known universe is distilled into a script of need to know. While the logic seems sounds–how can we know we’re educating students if we don’t know where the learning should begin or…