Joanne Jacobs shows us that when it comes to writing history textbooks for our public schools, one should be careful where one steps. It’s a sensitivity mine field out there. ————————–See our latest entries.
The Influencers
The number of young people willing to serve in our Army in its time of highest need is on the decline, reports the Washington Post: The U.S. Army fell short of its active-duty recruiting goal for June by about 15 percent, defense officials said yesterday. It is the second consecutive month the service’s enlistment effort [...]
Army Recruitment And The Influencers
The number of young people willing to serve in our Army in its time of highest need is on the decline, reports the Washington Post: The U.S. Army fell short of its active-duty recruiting goal for June by about 15 percent, defense officials said yesterday. It is the second consecutive month the service’s enlistment effort [...]
Merit Pay Chronicles: The Minneapolis Story
In the latest example of a nationwide trend, The New York Times is reporting that unionized teachers in Minneapolis have overwhelmingly voted for a performance-based compensation plan: For years, the unionized teaching profession opposed few ideas more vehemently than merit pay, but those objections appear to be eroding as school districts in dozens of states [...]
Head Start Gets Started
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has approved an expansion of the Head Start program while igniting a controversy over whether or not service providers may be hired/fired on religious grounds: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved more money for the popular Head Start program Wednesday after rejecting a GOP-led attempt to allow religious groups [...]
Taking God Out Of One Public School Classroom
How much freedom should a public school teacher have to express his or her religious beliefs on his or her classroom walls? That question is being hotly debated in one San Diego-area classroom where administrators ordered one veteran teacher to remove materials from his classroom walls that refer to the Deity: ANN ARBOR, MI – [...]
High Noon For High School Sports?
Mr. McNamar of The Daily Grind is asking a very sensitive question: Has the time come to end high school sports? The central mission of public education is to teach the skills necessary to contribute to the global society. Then how do high school athletics fit in? Here are four reasons why high school athletics [...]
Dress Codes For Teachers?
Some Florida schools are having to address the problem of teachers who are baring a little too much skin, piercings, or other body self-abuse “art.” LAND O’LAKES – Remember all the hullaballoo last summer about whether Pasco County teachers wore appropriate clothes to school? Well, never mind. A committee of teachers and administrators convened by [...]