Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

Or maybe it wouldn't. From CNN.com : Snacks sold in schools will have less fat, sugar and salt under the latest crackdown on junk food ...

My thoughts on this are somewhat jumbled. I admit I've never understood this whole "deaf culture" thing, and in fact the dea...

I figure I'm staying focused on this blog if 60-70% of my most recent posts are related to education. If 2/3 of my posts are related to...

For the second year in a row, a student has come to me and asked me to debate one of our uber-lib teachers at lunchtime. To be honest, I...

I've been asked to discuss the ex-Congressman Foley story. I'd prefer not to, as I doubt I'd add much that hasn't been said...

Kill Your Teacher . "Kill Your Teacher" examines, exposes, and places the blame for corruption and racism in Los Angeles City ...

I saw this over at Coach Brown's (see A Passion for Teaching and Opinions in the blogroll at left) and decided to try it here myself. M...

This week's is here .

OK, I admit that I guessed on a couple. But still! 9/9 Genius You are 85% knowledgable and 96% intellectual. A...

I like this post about free speech . CBS apparently has a 30-second segment in which they allow someone to speak his or her mind. In one pa...

Of course you lefties don't want to believe it, but I took this official internet quiz and the results are clear. Neo-Conservative You ...

Growing up I always idolized Neil Armstrong. How could I not--I wanted to be an astronaut, and he was the most astronaut-y of them all. So ...

As an addition to the previous post , here is CTEN's initial press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Larry Sand ...

I'm happy to help announce the existence of a new organization, the California Teachers Empowerment Network . CTEN is a grassroots org...

If you need any more evidence about the rabid leftieness of teacher unions: Please join the Los Angeles Chapter of Movement for a Democrat...

One person's view .

Maybe they're doing things right in Alberta : Many educators acknowledge that over the past 30 years Alberta has quietly built the fines...

I'm off to a wedding in Santa Cruz today, so blogging will be light. Since I have to leave in less than 2 hours, I'll just post a co...

I've considered having a weekly award of some kind, but I wonder if I have the stick-to-it-iveness to keep it going. If I were to have ...

Now this is funny!