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…
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It was only a matter of time until someone got hurt
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 […]
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Cost is not the only reason to limit technology in the classroom
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 […]
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Judge Kavanaugh’s Senate Confirmation Hearings: To search and destroy the senate’s role of advice and consent
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…
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Playing politics with politics, is a threat to all concerned
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…
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The Constitution at 231 years old – for Patriots, Protesters, and even #MeToo’rs
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
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The Constitution at 231 years old – for Patriots, Protesters, and even #MeToo’rs
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
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Patching together memories of September 11th, 2001
In remembering what happened on September 11th, 17 years ago, I’ve patched this post together from a number of memories and posts and comments I’ve made from then to now. Where they began, of course, was on the morning of September 11th, 2001, when my …