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Education and the Teacher Cheaters
The New York Times July 16, 2011 editorial states, “A cheating scandal in which scores of teachers and principals in Atlanta’s public schools falsified student test results has thrown the system into...
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Education; Teacher Cheaters in Pennsylvania!
I have a friend who is a teacher. She told me after reading my prior post on the Atlanta Teacher Cheaters, “Teachers shouldn’t be judged so harshly. Too much is expected of them. They have too much on...
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Education: A teacher’s response…
I sent my pal Rob, who is an X-Teacher, an article from the New York Times on character development. His response is poignant for all of its ideas, hard work and sincere effort on the part of the many...
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Education; It’s time for a new school model – STEM
We have discussed in this blog many of the problems attached with education as they presently exist. Sadly, I have fallen into the trap of emphasizing the problems we already know; decrepit schools,...
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Education Nation: What Teachers Want – Part 1, Salaries
I watched the September 25th, Sunday NBC program called “Education Nation” hosted by Brian Williams. It was a Teacher Town Hall Meeting filled with teachers talking about teaching and the state of...
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Education Nation: Teachers Want a Voice as Decision Makers
There is a school in Washington State where the teachers decided what they wanted education to be like for their 650 kindergarten through 6th grade students. The staff collaborated as a group on what...
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Education; Teachers want Family Involvement with Student Behavior
Many teachers across the country complain about the loss of learning in public school classrooms due to undisciplined children who come from dysfunctional homes. Their parents are children who have...
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Education as Our National Currency
What do Taiwan, South Korea, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel and Japan have in common with each other? They have no oil, diamonds, gold, or other valuable natural resources. As the Bible tells us Moses led...
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What is Classical Education?
I was preparing to write a post on Classical Education when I went back and looked at “The Well Trained Mind”, published first edition in 1999. I then went to the Word Press blog called “The Well...
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No Child Left Behind – The Basketball Version
My friend Rob, who is a retired special education teacher, knows my passion for educating children to be skilled and knowledgeable participants in the emerging highly competitive global economy. He...
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