Trump’s Executive Order on Education Is Minimally Effective At Best
On April 26th President Trump signed an Executive Order to return control of education to the states. In its press release, the White House said the order “will launch a […]
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How computer science makes the case for less use of computers in school
Key words for today: Working memory, long term memory, subroutines, chunking, structured programming, math When you mention common core, most people who are opposed to it immediately mention the “crazy […]
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How computer science makes the case for less use of computers in school
Key words for today: Working memory, long term memory, subroutines, chunking, structured programming, math When you mention common core, most people who are opposed to it immediately mention the “crazy […]
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Here’s your chance to let Trump know what you want done with the US Dept of Ed
How many of you have sat around the kitchen table, your church meeting hall, the library or local political event and said, “If I ran the government, this is what […]
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DESE shifts focus to MSIP6
According to Edweek, DESE has joined several other states who have postponed their submission of their State Consolidated Plan until the September 2017 deadline. Hopefully this means that the public […]
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Chicago has made the flip to declaring what students owe the state
Thank goodness this isn’t in Missouri, but we have a history of following the other lemmings so let’s rightly denounce the nonsense coming from our neighbor to the east. Chicago […]
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Other States Get To Comment On Their State Education Plan – Missourians Do Not
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was meant to return local control of public schools to the states, but it didn’t really do that because it still requires states to […]
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Should Refugee Children Be Taught English
A story from Georgia highlights a problem with students who come to America and don’t speak English. According to the Brookhaven Post, two teachers were forced to resign from DeKalb […]
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Until there is a consensus on purpose there will be dissatisfaction with public education
The following are my own personal thoughts and do not represent the views of Missouri Education Watchdog. They are written to open a dialogue about the purpose of public education. […]
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A few more reasons to oppose Devos for Secretary of Education
Thanks to Education Liberty Watch for this important information. Senate Committee Vote 1/31 – The Betsy DeVos Record on Pro-Islamic Curriculum, Common Core, Data Mining & Marriage The US […]
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Devos Confirmation Likely To Mean Little For Those Opposed to Common Core
The confirmation of nominee Betsy Devos for Education Secretary has been postponed several times now which has given grass roots and private interests time to make their opposition to her […]
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Devos Confirmation Postponed
The following update comes from Education Liberty Watch. With the January 20th inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president, there is a new era of education leadership in Washington […]
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School Choice might be better focused on Curriculum Choice
This month begins the 99th session of Missouri’s General Assembly. It will also begin a new administration in America’s capitol. Both capitols are now dominated by Republicans who believe they […]