Computer Shmomputer
You do know, don't you, that today' students have been around computers their lives, right? So why do some folks still think that a boring worksheet will suddenly be cool if it's on a computer? Or that a lecture from a teacher who can't be questioned is more interesting if it's on a computer?I tell you what. For every fifteen year old you find me who says, "Wow! This instruction is on a compu
Jack Schneider & That Woman
Jack Schneider is my hero.Over at EdWeek, he has spent the last month co-authoring, "Beyond the Rhetoric." The other co-author of the blog is She Who Will Not Be Named. In the opening piece, Schneider talks about the considerable tension created by the forces surrounding the fight for public education:Sometimes this tension has been fruitful—leading to the adoption of policies for which
5-15-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: US DOE Ambassadors!US Department of Edumacation press releaseThere has been much discussion lately of our Principal Ambassador program, a program in which US DOE-indoctrinated principals are inserted into school settings where they can sort of work for the school district while spreading the good word of Common Core Etc. This was spun off of our successful Teacher Ambassador progra