Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
May 30, 2008
by Professor Allen Quist
Newsweek has once again released its "100 best high schools" feature article (May 26, 2008 issue). Newsweek has been highlighting similar stories on what it calls the "100 best" American high schools each spring since 1998.
Unfortunately, these yearly Newsweek articles and ratings are propaganda for ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
This is a review by Sandy Clevenger
In Phil Schlechty’s book, Working On the Work: An Action Plan for Teacher, Principals, and Superintendents, I was struck by some of the statements made in this book. Many of the statements directed toward teachers are things already taught in university. However, “skills” taught ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Monday, May 25, 2008
Education News
It is like someone shouted "FIRE" in a theater, but nobody moved.Is the theater empty?No, it's full of people, but still nobody moved or even cared.We are losing hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of potential geniuses every year in the United States because we are just ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Betty Peters’ warning to voters in the June 2008 primary:
As a member of the Alabama State Board of Education, I agree with and appreciate the editorial boards of practically all the newspapers in our state who have come out in full support of a ban on “double dipping” by state ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Becky Guinn
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