Sometimes you want to learn stuff without working too hard. The Youtube channel, Fall of Civilizations is smart and engaging.
Category: Education (Page 1 of 9)
That is the beauty of having education be a state responsibility. Different states can take different approaches, and we see what works. It’s called the “Laboratory of Democracy”.
Mississippi is our poorest state, but it is winning in elementary education, doing about as well as Ohio.
How did the school district in the capital of Iowa acquire an illegal alien from Guyana as their superintendent?
Jackie Norris is the chair of the Des Moines School Board. Norris used to be the White House Chief of Staff for First Lady Michelle Obama.
Whatever can happen, will happen, if you wait long enough.
That is an operating principle in modern physics. There is a 1 in 6000 chance that a nickel dropped on to a table top, will rest on the edge of the coin. If you dropped a nickel every 10 seconds, within 17 hours, you’d expect a nickel to land on the edge. It’s a very unlikely event, but it will happen.
The College Fix: Survey shows teachers despise ‘equitable’ grading policies
‘Equitable’ grading is a policy that was being implemented prior to the Covid lock-down. It is designed to never fail a student, regardless of the student’s lack of aptitude or effort. During and after the Covid lock-down, principals embraced the policy to hide their failure.
‘Equitable’ grading was encouraged by the federal Department of Education and implemented by school districts without anyone ever talking to teachers.
Sparks in the Schoolyard: What We Lost When Shop Class Disappeared
There are two ways to look at the approach my parents took to academics.
“We trust your judgement” or, “so long as the school isn’t calling with problems, everything is fine.”
Either way, I could choose my own classes and graduation requirements weren’t as stringent. I took every shop class that North Olmsted High School offered, and avoided academic classes.
NY Post: What is FAFO parenting? This latest trend encourages ‘natural consequences’
WSJ: Goodbye Gentle Parenting, Hello ‘F—Around and Find Out’
Gen Z has a clever approach that might work.
- Rediscover the old knowledge.
- Rename and rebrand the idea.
- Flog it on social media until it’s trending.
- The idea becomes common knowledge.
These two articles explain FAFO parenting. It used to just be called parenting.
Rahm Emanuel was on Megyn Kelly’s show last night. He is an old-school Democrat who doesn’t sound crazy. He used to be in Congress and was the mayor of Chicago.
Emanuel was talking about education, and was listing his four policies. “T is for technology…A is for attendance…..R is for reading…”
Rahm talks a lot, but he had my attention. Where is he going with this? If the fourth item is “D is for discipline”, he might get my vote.
Rahm Emanuel’s Technology, Attendance, Reading and Discipline policy.
When I worked at Caterpillar, my division had a facility in Leicester, England. Working internationally, there is the time difference to accommodate, but also a holiday difference.
Why Didn’t We Know Randi Weingarten Was a DNC Member?
Teacher unions are practically a wing of the Democratic Party. No, it’s worse. Teacher unions are actually a wing of the Democratic Party. The heads of both national teacher unions, the AFT and the NEA, were actual members of the Democratic National Committee. It’s news that Randi Weingarten, the head of the AFT, resigned from the DNC because nobody knew she was a member.