You better walk the walk. In other words, if I walk down the street looking for a candy store, see a candy store sign, and go inside…and find a hardware store. That is a false advertising. The store just wants to lure you in with a false store front. Every, […]
Category: Education Policy and Opinion
A Quick Note on the BOE Vote
I will not be voting for a single, incumbent Kingsport BOE candidate on August 6th. In reality, that is only a symbolic protest on my part, but feel free to join me! Barring a monumental upset by the independent, many don’t realize those elections are already(mostly) decided as the Republican […]
Parents: What do you do when faced w/ aggressive assessment calendars by public schools?
I think that is a question many of us are asking in Kingsport lately. What do you do when your local school system exchanges developmentally appropriate, experiential instruction for canned instruction which is almost entirely founded in test prep and critical thinking is jettisoned? What do you do when you […]
Transparency by Government Agencies
I am always a little bit astounded when government officials are surprised or even angered that I know something about what is going on behind closed doors. I have news for them. Government “by the people and for the people” is not supposed to be done in secret. Things shouldn’t […]
Public Education is Failing Men
Public education is failing men, both young and old. Truly, as a general rule(there are exceptions) it is failing all of our children. The current conceptual approach is out of touch and out of date. And more of us need to start talking about this. I am more convinced than […]
My terms?
Fix the mistake. Clean house. Get people into ASC who have been in the classroom during the past decade. Hire people who will listen to the people instead of circling up the wagons. Don’t answer honest questions from citizens with prickish responses. Do what is best for students and families […]
Ben Sasse on Public Schools
I have a longer post on Ben Sasse and his 60 minutes interview. But he also has spoken about public education. Sasse basically warns that parental instruction should not be replaced by an institutionalized childhood. In maybe one of the greatest quotes uttered about modern-day public education, he stated the […]
Data is Not Innovation
Gathering reams of student data is no longer innovation. Data mining of students is an unimaginative process which is embraced by far too many power-hungry educators and school boards who are looking for a quick hit of data dopamine. In fact, the process is IMHO destructive to the educational process. […]
Do You Want to Return to This?
James Carville, a well known Democrat party operative, said the quiet part out loud. It used to just be the elephant in the room, but he said it. I am extremely transparent on this blog. I am pro-teacher, pro-family, and am also a strong Christian, conservative. I am against over-assessment. […]
What do I think about the vote in Virginia yesterday?
It is significant. It’s not good. I have a flame thrower of a post written. I am going to have to tone it down just a bit if/when I publish it. Did you know that I don’t publish about 10-20% of the stuff which I write? I knew I shouldn’t […]