disturbing
UW professors vote re: joining secondary school teachers’ union
I’ve always been worried by the talk south of the border of a “K – 16″ educational system. I’m not quite sure how we’re supposed to believe that it’s a good idea for the same people who teach “A, B, C..” to be contained within the same organizational unit as those who teach astrophysics and [...]
In no way, shape or form any kind of a teacher
Sorry for the unexpectedly long haitus — still having trouble getting back into life not aboard a cruise ship. I came home to a small backlog of local newspapers, and have just finished writing a letter to the editor I thought I’d share with you. The “offending” article concerned a local school who had discovered, [...]
The Law of Unintended Consequences is the only rule that works as designed
Everyone hates to follow stupid, arbitrary, unnecessary rules. But even rules that look good at first usually have unintended consequences. The latest brainchild to come out of post-secondary education circles (in the US) is a regulation that would limit the number of university courses a student is allowed to drop during their degree. Let’s put [...]
