Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

Education, politics, and anything else that catches my attention.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

A Different, Uncared-about Achievement Gap

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When other groups fall this far behind in education , it's evidence of racism or classism or sexism or barbarism or something: For last ...
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West Point Cadets Invent Statue of Liberty Rescue Device

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This cannot be true, of course, because we all know they're just a bunch of automatons and baby-killers: Visiting Lady Liberty just got ...
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Wednesday Trivia

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The answer to yesterday's question is: 1929. Today's question is: In what country was the 1981 cult movie classic My Bloody Valentin...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Visited By The Suits

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Our superintendent's latest fad to push onto our administrators is the "smart walk", wherein administrators drop in on classro...
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Tuesday Trivia

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The answer to yesterday's question is: 1770. Today's question is: In what year was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Least Worst

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Yes, he was the least worst of the plausible candidates, but that doesn't give much comfort when I remember that I voted for this embarr...
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Teachers Union Budgeting In The "Worst Economic Crisis Since The Great Depression"

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Delegates to the national union's (NEA's) 2010 representative assembly will be asked to approve a $354.7 million budget - a budget 0...
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How Much To Become A Medical Scientist?

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A scholarship worth half a million dollars? Well done ! On Sunday, Washington will become the first black valedictorian in Notre Dame'...
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How Much Is That Degree In The Window?

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In theory, a university or college degree is much more than just a credential for any particular field of employment. It should represent a...
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Monday Trivia

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The answer to yesterday's question is: 1773. Today's question is: In what year was the Boston Massacre?
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Sunday, May 09, 2010

Sunday Trivia

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The answer to yesterday's question is: Two. One is not a prime number. And today we start another Theme Week. This one is "From O...
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It Takes A Village--To Regulate A Teenager

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Barring high school students from buying Gatorade on campus, banning metal bats from their baseball games, making it illegal for adolescents...
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Jolly Rancher Candy Lands 3rd-grader In Detention

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ORCHARD, Texas – A third-grader at Brazos Elementary was given a week’s detention for possessing a Jolly Rancher. School officials in Brazos...
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Do You Want Your Kid Taught By This Guy?

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"Where we now stand is stolen, occupied Mexico"...La Raza rally at UCLA....More gems: 'Communist Revolution', 'Frail,...
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Is This Really An Issue Of Student Safety?

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In Duluth, a chorale group performed before and during a board of education meeting. One of the board members took some photos of the group....
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Saturday, May 08, 2010

Saturday Trivia

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The answer to yesterday's question is: George and Gracie. Today's question is: What is the smallest prime number?
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How Much CYA For A CPU, and Y

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Yesterday after lunch, the world ended. Not really. Not for everyone. Just for several of us at my school. You see, Zangle , our online at...
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Friday, May 07, 2010

Friday Trivia

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The answer to yesterday's question is: USS Hornet, currently moored in Alameda, California. Today's question is: In Star Trek IV: Th...
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Thursday, May 06, 2010

Proposition 13

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Does Prop 13 bear the lion's share of the fault for California's fiscal/budget mess? No .
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Virtual Schools, or Distance Learning

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I've long been an advocate of "school by internet", but believe it's probably going to be the exception rather than the ru...
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