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.
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.
‘Mississippi miracle’: Kids’ reading scores have soared in Deep South states
Education snobs like making fun of Alabama, Mississippi and the South in general. They hate that Mississippi is leading the nation on the NAEP. The numbers have been jiggered.
Harvard’s president says the school will ‘not compromise’ on its rights with the Trump admin
That’s fine, if I were Harvard, I wouldn’t want the government pushing me around. Money comes with strings attached, so if Harvard wants to be independent, don’t accept a half-billion dollars from the government each year.
About half of Americans pay income tax. That means that I pay Harvard $3 per year. I get nothing from that, and don’t want to do it.
Harvard has $50 billion in the bank, and is tax-exempt. That should be enough.
Ohio Senator, Al Cutrona’s new bill would create a model curriculum based on the success sequence.
Our feckless state legislature is goofing around, rather than doing real work. The “Success Sequence” is graduate high school, get a job, get married and have kids. If a person does those things in that order, life will probably work out. Continue reading
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