Education: Stop Blaming the Teachers!
When did teachers become the bêtes noir of public education? Why are they getting all the blame for America’s public education failings? Everywhere you look, people are piling on teachers as if they are at the root of all that is bad in our public education system. Even President Obama has gotten in the act, […]
Read MoreEducation: Failing Students, Not Failing Schools
We’ve been hearing a lot about public education reform lately; No Child Left Behind is up for reauthorization and the Race to the Top is one of President Obama’s top policy initiatives. But all this talk about reform is not really about public education. “Public education” is a code phrase for education for the poor […]
Read MoreTechnology: Steve Jobs’s Diabolical Plan for Global Domination
Doesn’t anyone else see what is so obvious to me? Or has Steve Jobs’s diabolical plan for global domination already reached a point that humans don’t even see what is happening to them? The whole iPhone (and iPod and iPad) thing is starting to sound like a 1950’s science fiction movie. If you’ve ever watched […]
Read MoreEducation: Reading IS Fundamental!
I have been blogging about public education quite a bit lately for several reasons. The first reason is personal; my children will soon be entering the elementary-school pipeline and I want to know what lies ahead for them. The second reason involves my concerns over President Obama’s proposed changes to No Child Left Behind and […]
Read MorePolitics: Politicians’ Ethical Race to the Bottom
It seems like every time you turn on the TV, listen to the radio, open a newspaper, or go on line these days there is a new scandal du jour erupting, giving our sensationalism-addicted, bottom-feeding media culture a reason for being. It’s gotten to be a competition to see who can shock America the most […]
Read MoreSports: Psych-down Techniques
It’s natural to feel some increase in your intensity in a competition. You’re putting yourself to the test and want to do your best. But when that increase intensity turns to anxiety that can hurt your performances, that can be a problem. But rather than just resigning yourself to feeling nervous and performing poorly, you […]
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