Social Media Strike Set for July 4-5, 2019
Above are tweets (from Sharyl Attkisson, journalist, and Larry Sanger, founder of Wikipedia) about a Social Media strike this week which the MEW editors support. We hope you join in […]
With the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act in January 2019, data interoperability of federal governmental agencies to/from each other can occur. This was seen as good bipartisan legislation […]
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 […]
— graphic: EU ministers make push for Google, Facebook tax An article written by Nicholas Confessore in the New York Times Magazine entitled The Unlikely Activists Who Took On Silicon Valley […]
What does research/data indicate on the state of men? If these statistics used in the clip below are accurate, perhaps the bashing/suppression of men is successful, but men as individuals […]
There have been calls for more gun legislation and the banning of certain types of firearms and accessories in the wake of the Parkland, FL school shooting. There can […]
Education is global and 21st Century skills are pursued in many countries based on theories from education reformers and non-governmental organizations. Newly trained teachers have been taught children […]
As hard cover history books and documents are replaced digitally, it is imperative to retain ‘first’ versions of documents. Publishing research on blogs or digital platforms are invaluable as they […]
The letter below was recently sent to the Missouri State Board of Education members by Dr. Mary Byrne, a co-founder of Missouri Coalition Against Common Core. The various news organizations […]
The Springfield News-Leader had a recent column entitled Vandeven: Greitens never shared his vision for education, commissioner role. It’s a pity that former Missouri Education Commissioner Vandeven never received […]
From https://edsource.org/2016/higher-test-scores-yes-but-no-narrowing-of-achievement-gaps-in-california/568467 Parents have been told for years that the achievement gap could be closed by the adoption and implementation of national standards and assessments. Do you remember […]
The above “shared memory” appeared recently on my Facebook feed. It was a meme I shared in 2015. (I am a bit concerned about FB’s math…it wasn’t 3 years ago…it’s […]
Do these tweets clarify how we arrived at the disaster known as education reform? Where states must go to the mother (USDOEd) to ask permission on how best to provide […]
The screenshot above is from newswire.com and addresses the message Futurist Jack Uldrich planned to deliver as a keynote speech at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education […]