December 2007
18 posts
IndyStar: Principal gets a pass on DUI arrest →
A Fishers police officer’s decision to take an intoxicated high school principal home instead of arresting him for drunken driving was the wrong one, Fishers Police Chief George Kehl said Thursday.“It doesn’t make us look very good,” said Kehl. He said an officer’s discretion is a valuable tool but admitted he could not justify its use in the case involving Fishers...
CNN: Chicago students receive a holiday surprise →
Cute Soundslides of a gift-giving program at a Chicago school. A company basically sponsors the letters the kids write getting them presents off their list.
“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson...”
– Tom Bodet
NYTimes: New Class(room) War: Teacher vs.... →
At age 55, Professor Nazemi stands on the far shore of a new sort of generational divide between teacher and student. This one separates those who want to use technology to grow smarter from those who want to use it to get dumber. Perhaps there’s a nicer way to put it. “The baby boomers seem to see technology as information and communication,” said Prof. Michael Bugeja, director of the...
NYTimes: Democrats Make No Child Left Behind an... →
Mrs. Clinton is not the only presidential candidate who has found attacking the act, President Bush’s signature education law, to be a crowd pleaser — all the Democrats have taken pokes. Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico has said he wants to “scrap” the law. Senator Barack Obama has called for a “fundamental” overhaul. And John Edwards criticizes the law as emphasizing testing over teaching. “You...
AP: Ohio teens sue school for suspending them over... →
CINCINNATI - Three teenagers have sued school officials over lengthy suspensions they received for setting up a Facebook page that identifies a teacher as a pedophile. The entry on the social networking site included the face and last name of the teacher and referred to him as a member of the North American Man/Boy Love Association, which supports sex between men and boys. “They’re not...
Forbes: Where To Educate Your Children →
The full story and slideshow that does indeed list Akron as the top in Ohio (beating Columbus, which also made the list) and FIFTH overall in the nation as the best place to educate your children. Pretty awesome.
ABJ: Akron education rated high →
So, apparently my educational upbringing wasn’t so bad afterall. According to this Akron Beacon Journal article:The author of Places Rated Almanac ranks the Akron metropolitan area of Summit and Portage counties as the fifth-best place in America for education. David Savageau rated metropolitan areas based on five general ”livability” categories: public support for...
ABJ: Charter school challenge →
What happens when the original purpose for charter schools — failing public schools — is no longer a valid issue or argument to support their creation?
NYTimes: No Child Left Behind? Say It in Spanish →
How an influx of Hispanic, non-native speakers are causing schools to reconsider their approach to education. This focuses on NYC, but it’s a big issue/growing here as well.
NYTimes: School Recess Gets Gentler, and the... →
Will school recess go the way of school prayer? There’s a lot of people throwing up their arms in a collective, “Let’s hope not!”
Education Election →
Follow what candidates say about education issues.
“Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats
'Mr. P' Learns His Lesson →
A pay cut to take a second career as a teacher teaches the former (and now again current) communications director about the realities of inner-city kids — and how he has and can help them.
TeacherTube →
A YouTube-like collection of education-based videos. Some more helpful than others. I imagine this would be helpful to teachers, though, looking for a quick way to teach conjunctions or multiplication. Good way to share resources with other teachers.
ABJ: 9 schools make list in magazine →
US News & World Report handed out rankings to more than 500 high schools across the country. The only Akron Public School to make the rankings (albeit bronze) is my own, North High School. To say I’m somewhat surprised by that would be a gross understatement. What about Firestone and its elite IB program and internationally acclaimed performing arts? What about Ellet’s powerhouse...
“Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their...”
– Gabriela Mistral
WSJ: How to Get Into Harvard →
Hint: If you hail from the right prestigious high school, your chances are vastly improved. This is of especial interest to me because I’m reading the book The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids, which follows the admissions process of a handful of motivated students at a high performing school as they realize their Ivy League dreams and expectations for many will never...