Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

I've written previously about college admissions essays (with some disdain), and in this article a teenage reporter has some not-very-...

Teenagers are by nature exhibitionists, especially if they have something to exhibit. Was it for a good cause in this case ? I hope to hear...

Young Cameron, a commenter on this post , might find this snippet interesting: By contrast, the Sacramento Bee attacks the administrati...

What is the deal with curbside check-in? Why should you tip--pay--for curbside checkin when you can just walk an additional 50 feet or so a...

The conference was ok. The post-conference activities were far superior, but then you'd expect that on the beach in Florida, wouldn...

Beautiful views here. With the Outback Bowl being played across the bay in Tampa in a few days, the college hotties are out in force! Oh, ...

This week's wrap-up of the best of the edublogosphere is here .

I'm off to Florida in a few hours to attend a Coins In The Classroom conference put on by the American Numismatic Association . Anyone ...

Interesting article . I wonder if there was a mistake--did he really solve it in only 120 words ? My favorite part of the entire article i...

By now you've heard the story. College students requests a book by Mao. College student reports being visited by agents of the Departme...

This is worse than Stockholm Syndrome.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Up to about a third of the $590 million U.N. fund spent for the Indian Ocean tsunami relief may have gone to pay ...

Read this about France's titanic debt. This is what you want for America? If not, how do you expect the government (read, the citizen...

This first piece is a lefty whine-fest about not doing enough to take care of the poor: Why won't Americans sacrifice a little for a ju...

...to all my readers!

I got my CTA rebate check today along with a letter outlining the percentages of dues refunded to me. These percentages astound; I'll q...

Met up with a fellow California edublogger today, Polski of Polski3's View From Here . He and his family are in the Capital City visiti...

I think I mentioned it before, but some of my favorite jokes are religious and racial jokes (Richard Pryor, RIP). That's not because I...

Joanne (see blogroll at left) links to a story stating that the College Board will soon expect high school teachers of AP (advanced placeme...

I'm usually a big fan of dress codes. Someone needs to teach students what is and is not appropriate public attire, and unlike, say, c...