What happens in Texas does not stay in Texas - “strengths and...
What happens in Texas does not stay in Texas: the state is one of the country’s biggest buyers of textbooks, and publishers are loath to produce different versions of the same material. The ideas that...
View ArticleWhat to teach the students - each day I face that challenge
I teach government. I have assigned curricula for both of my preps, the state-mandated course of Local, State and National Government, and the Advanced Placement (college-level) course in U.S....
View ArticleSocial Studies
Frankly, the world began on its steadfast road to hell in a hand basket on the day the course of studies called "social studies" was created by American educators. In the good old days we studied...
View ArticleTexas Bof E Deals Blow to Troglodytes
For the time being at least, the Texas Board of Education has refused to bow to the demands of the Creationists to insinuate their beliefs into the textbooks used in the state's science curriculum.
View ArticleMath and Art in Education
Crossposted from the NPI Advocate I cannot remember a time when people were not decrying the state of mathematics education in America. A time when there weren't occasional stories in the newspaper or...
View ArticleI have become a traitor
As a public high school teacher, I should have faith in and believe in the ability of the public school system to properly educate a child. However, with private school options, and the increasing...
View ArticleBook Review: The Language of God by Dr. Francis Collins
Book Review: Francis S. Collins The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. 2006. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. The science curriculum is the battleground for one battle...
View ArticleSilver bullets, or blanks?
A new online publication titled "Florida Thinks" has just been launched by ex-Orlando Sentinel editors. Having been a paid columnist for the Sentinel for seven years before joining them in...
View ArticleThe Absence of God...
In the early part of 2008 in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy: .... said, every fifth grader will have to learn the life story of one of the 11,000 French children killed by the Nazis in the...
View ArticleFighting Intolerance Requires Trusting Other People
An English professor at Auburn University Montgomery (Alabama) has recently sparked a firestorm of criticism for his decision to edit two Mark Twain classics. Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and...
View ArticleWhat's Worth Learning
this is a cross-posting of a review of this book. The review original appeared at Education Review Marion Brady is a retired educator. He has taught in K-12 and at the university level. He has...
View ArticleCoal Industry Attempts to Muddy School Curriculum
I have been writing a lot about air quality as part of my work with Moms Clean Air Force, an initiative by the Environmental Defense Fund. While I have always been passionate about preserving our...
View ArticleTeaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom
This review was originally published at Education Review (PDF) Ayers, Rick; & Ayers, William (2011). Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom. New York: Teachers College...
View ArticleEducation Reform: Doing It Wrong and How to Do It Right
There's a good post on education reform from Dana Goldstein, a journalist specializing in education who is one of the bloggers filling in for Ezra Klein while he's on vacation. She summarizes part of...
View ArticleEducating for Human Greatness
The title of this piece is the goal of my friend Lynn Stoddard, who has worked for over 50 years as an elementary school teacher, principal and consultant. His goal is to elevate the profession of...
View ArticleWhy We Say Save Our Schools
copyright © 2011 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink or BeThink.org I am but one who will stand strong to ensure an equal education for all. All who do or plan to, will express...
View ArticleWe MUST do something!
Ever wonder why the American public consistently votes against its own interests? Does it drive you crazy when you hear that "only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could find...
View ArticleDemocratic Education: Lifting the Veil
Quick. What comes to mind when you hear “Democratic Education?” Pause… Okay, years ago the first thing coming to mind would be that there was at least a Civics class being taught in the school....
View ArticleA One Size Fits All Prescription
If you look at the back of a bottle of over-the-counter medicine or the front of prescribed medicine, you can find the prescribed usage label. Note that everyone over the age of two years of age is...
View ArticleEcon Curriculum Diary Pure BS
To be more precise, the "Right Wing Propaganda Masquerades as a High School Economics Curriculum" thread by "Reeces Pieces" (RP) is nothing but ideological crap trying to pass itself off as serious.And...
View ArticleSupport better climate change education in our schools - act by Jan 29
Short diary - wanted to let you know about a great chance for easy action, expiring soon! Until Jan. 29 (tomorrow), public comments and Voices of Support are being accepted on the draft Next...
View ArticleAnother sign of what is wrong in public education
is the desperate need for money as local and state governments either see tax revenues dropping (from depressed house prices and sales taxes or from deliberate attempts to starve revenues as...
View ArticleWATCH: My Talk with Zack Kopplin on Creationism in Classrooms
From the time he was a high school senior in his home state of Louisiana, anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin has been speaking, debating, cornering politicians and winning the active support of 78...
View ArticleCurriculum Night and Auction Night ---My son won a meeting with a NY state...
Last night was a big night for my son’s middle school: it was the annual Curriculum night and Auction night.The Curriculum night started in the late afternoon. There are different activities and...
View ArticleTools of the Mind Shocks Education
I don’t have children, so my opinions on education are, shall we say, academic. But our opponents have made public education such an acrimonious issue that I think it’s important to push back on their...
View ArticleThe "American Indian" Problem - Low High School Graduation Rates and High...
This blog entry was written to push for further research into Native American high school graduation and dropout rates in the State of Minnesota. Upon review of data sets and statistics from the past...
View Article“Trigger Warnings” on Campus
The following is posted with the written permission of its author, Bill Ayers. It originally appeared at his personal blog under the title “Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm” NYT,...
View ArticleHistory Interruptus: Curricular Battles Continue
As racial tension continues to rise and a certain political insularity appears to be a mounting anti-democratic meme of our age, most reasonable people would argue that our schools need to educate...
View ArticleWisconsin school board member wants to ban Muppets book
Wisconsin, the state that brought you beautiful farmland, Milwaukee beer, and Scott Walker, now has another wrong to right—these absolutely terrifying muppets!Marshfield School Board member Mary Carney...
View ArticlePoetic Invective: First They Came for the Muppets
Inspired by:www.dailykos.com/…First They Came for the MuppetsFrom Wisconsin comes this news(A state once known for liberal views):A school board member is upset:She thinks the Muppets pose a threatAnd...
View ArticleHere's Why Republicans Are Trying To Destroy Public Education: Knowledge IS...
Much has been made of the students from Parkland Florida, and their response to the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school. They’ve been so effective, the wing nut conspiracy machine has been...
View ArticleCiting nonexistent precedents, Pennsylvania state rep proposes extreme,...
After 10 years in the Pennsylvania state House, Rep. Will Tallman is calling it quits, but don’t expect him to go quietly. Last week, the proud NRA member and otherwise run-of-the-mill Republican...
View ArticleCurriculum for Profit and Propaganda
Are there really millions of new tech jobs just waiting for students in schools that focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) starting in elementary school? Are subjects like social...
View ArticleICYMI: Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton - "Slavery was a necessary evil" All that...
One of those weekend news stories broke yesterday; poopdogcomedy posted a diary about it. I ran across it via the BBC. Black Lives Matter: Arkansas senator describes slavery as 'necessary evil'If...
View ArticleOvert Racism in the Street and Quieter Racism in the Curriculum
I have continually rewritten this blog as new events unfold to include “overt racism in the street.”What student learn in school, what Donald Trump spouts, has life and death significance. Yesterday, a...
View ArticleDefending the 1619 Project in the Context of History Education Today –...
Defending the 1619 Project in the Context of History Education Today The 1619 Project has been under attack from across the political spectrum since it was released in August 2019. President Trump...
View ArticleFor teachers & families: "Discussing Political Violence and Extremism...
Here’s the link from ADL Education at sutori.com. Quoting a few introductory paragraphs:Use the resources below to initiate or continue conversations about the recent events at the US Capitol, which...
View ArticleIn an effort to combat rising Asian hate, Illinois requires schools to teach...
As crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islander community increase, nationwide calls to combat hate and teach Asian American history in schools have followed. Anti-Asian bias is not new to...
View ArticleThere’s no equity in education without truth-telling, ethnic studies, and...
This story was originally published at Prism. By Jessica Helen LopezAfter 140 years, nine young Lakota relatives who lost their lives at a Carlisle, Pennsylvania, boarding school were recently brought...
View ArticleCartoon: The Parents’ Bill of Wrongs
xVimeo VideoRepublicans are going all-in with their battle against “critical race theory.” For the Party of Insurrection, critical race theory is a catch-all for anything they don’t like. It’s a lot...
View ArticleOnline New York Climate Education Youth Forum
The New York City Climate and Resilience Education Task Force (CREFT) and its Youth Steering Committee are sponsoring an online Climate Education Listening Session with New York State elected officials...
View ArticleDeSantis is raking in the DeVos family fortune in large part thanks to his...
It’s no surprise that President Trump’s former Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and her family would back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential run. Because of course this family with practically...
View ArticleWhite principal sues school district claiming she was ‘forced out’ over...
An elementary school assistant principal in Virginia is claiming “reverse racism” in a lawsuit against her school district after an equity training she attended went horribly wrong. Emily Mais claims...
View ArticleNew Jersey Teachers Take Lead in Diversifying Curriculum
In Pleasantville, New Jersey teachers take the lead in developing diversity, equity, and inclusion guidelines and play a major role in selecting textbooks that meet state and district guidelines. They...
View ArticleNew York Asian American History Bill
A group of New York State Asian American legislators, their allies, and community advocacy groups are pushing for a law (Senate Bill S6359A)to require teaching about Asian American history in the...
View ArticleGov. Dan McKee signs bill requiring state public schools to teach Asian...
As the new school year begins, conversations on teaching racism and the history of minority communities in the U.S. resume. After Illinois became the first state to mandate that Asian American history...
View ArticleDavy Crockett and "Texas, Our Texas 1836"
The Ballad of Davy CrockettBorn on a mountaintop in Tennessee,Greenest state in the land of the freeRaised in the woods so's he knew ev'ry tree,killed him a b'ar when he was only threeDavy, Davy...
View ArticleVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin suggests new school history curriculum removes...
Despite the issue no longer making headlines, Republicans across the country are still targeting school boards and education. Most recently, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed new standards that, if...
View ArticleDeSantis Awards Giant History Rewriting Contract to Fox
A Historical ContractGovernor Ron DeSantis of Florida announced that his government has awarded Fox News a "sole source" contract, routed jointly through Florida’s Education Department and Department...
View ArticleWriting Climate Change into the K-12 Curriculum
We are living in the midst of a climate emergency with the expectation that conditions will significantly worsen in the near future. In January, NASA and NOAA confirmed that 2023 was the hottest year...
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