Springfield School Board Looks To Adopt Math Curriculum Still Aligned to Common Core
The old adage “If it walks like a duck…” comes to mind when you look at what the Springfield Public School Board is deciding to adopt for their “new’ math […]
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Why is Google Tracking Students’ Location, Voice Activity, Web & App Activity, Device Info, YouTubes Searched and Watched?
With mounting concerns about school safety, screen addiction and screentime and known health and brain effects, increase in internet crimes, along with hyper focused national attention on data misuse, […]
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This MLK Jr. Day: Does Toxic Sanctimony Signal that Virtue is beyond us?
This weekend leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was one where our societal norms skipped right by the old ‘slippery slope’, and made a dash for the downward escalator of moral decay, where the earlier shock value over ‘punch a nazi!’, was left b…
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Mitt Romney blows a sour note on his Trumpet
Some people, especially NeverTrumpr’s, are wondering why people haven’t been especially welcoming to Mitt Romney’s ‘op-ed’ attacking Trump’s character flaws. Personally, I’m more surprised about how those NeverTrump’rs who identify as being ‘conserva…
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Of the 2nd Amendment, bumpstocks, and philosophic step-brothers.
Trump’s bump-stock ban is, to the extent that I know the details of it (still minimal), IMHO, unacceptable. Bad news. Unsupportable. A dangerous wedge. However, it’s hardly an indication of Trump’s hostility to what the 2nd Amdt defends and preserves, …
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Happy 227th Birthday to our Bill of Rights!
227 years ago today, December 15th, 1791, our states were united in ratifying the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America! Strange, that these same individual rights which we once understood to be so essential to l…
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Kids are being bombarded with online ads (sometimes graphic)––in school. Time to STOP online ads to students?
Students are often presented with distracting, sometimes very inappropriate online ads while using school issued computers and software. These ads pop up or appear as side-bar recommendations to click here, […]
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Remember, remember, the 7th of December
Remember December 7th, 1941… another morning when a world of change came out of a clear blue sky.Remember that when you hyperbolically use words to inflate minor incidents into raging crises – that a crisis that is appropriate to those words, ca…
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Remember, remember, the 7th of December
Remember December 7th, 1941… another morning when a world of change came out of a clear blue sky.Remember that when you hyperbolically use words to inflate minor incidents into raging crises – that a crisis that is appropriate to those words, ca…
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If a Teacher Doesn’t Praise All Students, Is it an Example of Bullying?
I know very few people attend the school board meetings- but here is a glimpse of what is really going on in our district.This beloved substitute was told never to […]
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Data Interoperability: Is it the next phase of Common Core?
You may recall when teacher Peter Greene asked a brilliant question years ago, “Are Common Core Standards Actually Data Tags?” Greene said, “We’ve been saying that CCSS are limited because […]
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Wanna see something really scary? How about looking at what your political positions are based upon…?!
Are you upset about the political climate today? Do you sometimes wonder who is to blame? Well, Trick or Treat, I think that I can help you with that. Do you have political positions that you support? Good… good, good. Now let me ask you a couple qu…
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Big Gov meet Big Brother? The U.S. Race to Beat China.
The U.S. government has some big ideas on big data. The U.S. Federal Data Strategy– calling for feedback. According to this public notice, the Bipartisan Policy Center is hosting a […]
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For the Record: Congressional Hearings with BigTech and Privacy Advocates on New Federal Law
Congress is holding a series of hearings to discuss the possibility of drafting a new federal privacy law. If you didn’t catch the first two Senate Hearings, you can watch […]
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Happy Columbus Day!
I do think it’s time to re-post this, from Columbus Day, 2015 – Why? Because after a few weeks of being bombarded with unsubstantiated charges and hysterical outrage from the most outrageous folks imaginable, I think it’s time, even with as small a nod…