Category: Education (Page 1 of 9)

Words men or women know

February 12, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

YouGov: Words that men or women are more likely to know

YouGov asked a bunch of Americans which words they knew. Some words were recognized much more frequently by men, and some by women.

Here are the words that men knew more:

aileron, azimuth, boson, bushido, checksum, degauss, femtosecond, gauss, howitzer, katana, milliamp, neodymium, parsec, piezoelectricity, servo, strafe, teraflop, thermistor and yakuza

Here are the words that women knew more:

bandeau, boucle, chambray, chenille, chignon, damask, doula, espadrille, freesia, jacquard, kohl, peplum, pessary, ruche, sateen, taffeta, tulle, verbena, voile and whipstich.

YouGov did not ask the surveyed people to define or explain the words.

Another Snow Day

January 26, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Snow Days are the best.

Everyone from students all the way up to the district superintendent gets a tap on the shoulder by Frosty, and told, “You are free. Nobody will expect anything from you today.”

Classroom Phone Bans Work. So Why Don’t All Schools Do It?

December 27, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

WSJ: Classroom Phone Bans Work. So Why Don’t All Schools Do It?

A large urban district in Florida saw an increase in student test scores. A smaller school district in rural California is experiencing a dramatic decline in student behavioral problems. The reason for both: the absence of smartphones in the classroom.

Public schools are administrated by political animals without the ambition or ability to run for office. Some care about education, but no incentive rewards that.

Parents don’t push for phone bans because they don’t care about their children. A flip phone with no data plan solves all these issues. Parents are so eager to be liked, they willingly put their children in danger.

Get smart the easy way.

October 6, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Sometimes you want to learn stuff without working too hard. The Youtube channel, Fall of Civilizations is smart and engaging.

Bad schools are a choice.

October 4, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

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.

Is this Heaven? No, it’s tragic immigration fraud.

September 27, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Iowa school superintendent arrested by ICE, facing prior weapons charges, allegedly found with loaded handgun

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.

Physics Class, September 11th.

September 11, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

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.

“Equitable” grading is another sham that nobody voted for.

August 24, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

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.

Shop class is fun and dangerous.

August 16, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

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.

FAFO Parenting

July 26, 2025 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

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.