Witnessed at a restaurant this past week: a child less than 2 years old entertaining herself the entire time while three adults conversed before dinner, and then the two […]
When everybody is supposed to go to college, what happens to college standards? Chester Finn seems quite surprised to understand the cause and effect of the Common Core State […]
Parents and grandparents who want only to have a say in their children’s education, to control how their data is collected and profiled, are made fun of yet again […]
The question (*posted by a British educational provider) was answered and debated on twitter recently. Tom Bennett started an interesting twitter conversation on this question. There were several answers […]
As Republicans and conservatives across the country rejoice in the “by the skin of their teeth, confirmation of Betsy De Vos as America’s new Department […]
If you are offended by the word bull**** you might want to stop reading now. However, if you think the main purpose of education is to teach human capital […]
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 […]
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 […]
Even though Common Core has been acknowledged as a major campaign issue and is the focus of a heated debate in education, it was not mentioned during the hearing to confirm our new US […]
The Federal bureaucrats in the US Department of Education are worried about the data mining via the structure (student longitudinal data systems) they supported which captures student/family Personally Identifiable […]
Jeb Bush has heavily promoted Common Core; he’s even been referred to as the godfather of ed reform. Betsy DeVos, our newly nominated US Secretary of Education, is listed as a Board Member […]
A factual, albeit politically incorrect article has been written by Heather MacDonald on what’s wrong with public schools, Violence in the Halls, Disorder in the Malls, and here is […]
The MEW January 1, 2015 article recently appeared in Facebook memories. You can find it here. It might as well have been written for a New Year’s greeting to […]