Instead of concentrating on their reading, writing, and arithmetic, it seems as though a large number of “students” in one of our publicly-funded high schools have “other priorities: “A fight between rival groups of black and Latino students at Locke High School quickly escalated into a campus-wide melee Friday, with as many as 600 students [...]
Texas Teacher Shortage?
They’re crying out for teachers in the Lone Star State: Each day, students of different races, genders, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds enter the nation’s classrooms. Unfortunately, for some, these factors may work against them – especially in urban areas. According to TCU’s [Texas Christian University] Center for Urban Education, urban schools – those schools with [...]
When Girls Go Stupid
What more can be said about this crime? And what can be done to stop the stupidity of this type of made-for-video violence?
Gender Bender Elementary
What were they thinking in Wisconsin? REEDSBURG, Wis. (AP) – An elementary-school event in which kids were encouraged to dress as members of the opposite gender drew the ire of a Christian radio group, whose angry broadcast prompted outraged calls to the district office. Students at Pineview Elementary in Reedsburg had been dressing in costume [...]
D.C.’s Gangster Education
In today’s Washington Post, Colbert I. King let’s us know how bad it has gotten in many of the public schools in our nation’s capital:”Security at Wilson High to Be Tightened” announced a headline in The Post’s March 21 Metro section. More stringent measures were being put in place after 13 students were arrested because [...]
‘Tis The Season For Parents And Kids To Be Scammed
As the parent of a 16-year-old (the TeenWonk) high school junior who has a 4.35 G.P.A., we’ve been getting a number of so-called “nominations” for inclusion in this or that “national honor roll,” “who’s-who book,” and, of course, the United States Achievement Academy. The “nominations” were made by her well-intentioned (but unknowing) teachers, who think [...]
Virgina Taxpayers Made To Pay For Criminal’s Rampage
Remember when Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho went on a murderous rampage and killed 32 innocent students and staff back in April of 2007? The miscreant went on to video tape a confession, which he then mailed it to NBC. Finally, Cho saved the commonwealth the expense of a trial (and endless appeals) by blowing [...]
Helicopter Parents Vs. Stinger Teachers
When are “involved parents” too involved? In one Maryland district, the fur is flying between some parents and a number of teachers: The Baltimore Sun ran an article on Tuesday about parental involvement taken to the extreme. The trigger was an annual survey by the Howard County Education Association that shows a majority of teachers [...]
Please Don’t Bite The Students!
It seems as though the employment standards of the Tifton, Georgia’s Len Lastinger school could use some revision: Vivian Hightower, a paraprofessional at the school, was suspended without pay for five days by the school’s principal, Dr. Kim Ezekiel. The board confirmed last week that Hightower bit a child she understood had bit another as [...]
From The Old School Dictionary Of EduSpeak
Trampstamp: (n.) A certain type of tattoo often seen on adolescent/young adult human females. This tattoo is most often placed on the small of the back with the intent to exhibit the tattoo (through the use of short tops such as the one illustrated) while walking through the hallways (and sitting at classroom desks) of [...]