A classic Tea Party vs. RINO battle is taking place in a safely Republican state representative district in southwest St. Louis County (mostly Eureka and parts of Pacific and Wildwood). It’s a battle for the soul of the Republican Party that demands your attention, even if, like me, you don’t live anywhere near the district. […]
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…
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, […]
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…
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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…
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights regarding the sexual assault of a 5 year old little girl in […]
This weekend I had the honor of addressing the Eagle Council in Washington DC about cognitive science’s case for limited technology in the classroom. The Education Panel that I sat […]
What has become the process for the Senate to give ‘Advice and Consent’ upon a nominee to the Supreme Court, is to have a background check performed by the FBI, prior to a hearing by the Senate Judiciary committee, to review any judicial record or rele…
The line that “If you don’t vote for Candidate X, THEN YOU’RE VOTING FOR CANDIDATE Y!!!”, is neither a good argument, nor a laughing matter, and treating it as one, or the other, or both, is not a responsible approach to one of your most fundamental ci…