Should We Entrust Our School Children to Corporate Profiteers?
DeVos and Trump would like to turn the public school system into a corporate mill. Where are Charlie and Dave, Mrs. Koch’s two mischievous boys? While the Koch … Read more
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What is Worse Than Being Poor?
One especially ugly example of how poor kids are treated in school is an abhorrent practice called “lunch shaming.” These are hard times for America’s gold miners. They’re … Read more
College Pitch to a Middle School Student
NYU is recruiting, and middle schools may hold students with great potential Office of Admissions New York University New York, NY 10003 Dear John, Listen. You’ve impressed us. … Read more
Lost Journal: “Twit” Lacks Wit, as Far as Nicknames Go
Journal entry: September 13, 1982 (age 13) – Nicknames My buddy, Vinny Gallagher, tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Your brother Dan is out in the hall.” … Read more
Teacher Jailed For Not Finding Students Attractive
Twenty-eight year old Lynn Sherwood is a happily married, mother of two children and she loves teaching the seventh grade. However, that all changed Friday evening when Fuggit … Read more
Deaf 3-Year Old Student Arrested for Bringing Finger-Gun to School
Keeping schools safe: Yet another student arrested Hunter Spanjer, who also goes by “Little John Wayne” or the “Tiny Terminator,” depending on the social situation, became the latest … Read more
New Bumper Stickers for Our Mass Education Times
More realistic education bumper stickers For years we have seen the mantra, “If you can read this, thank a teacher,” thrown at us from bumper stickers and signs … Read more
Infographic: The Psychology of Music
There is more to why we like music than just catchy beats Everybody loves music. We tend to favor certain kinds, and maybe we call the other guy’s … Read more
Should College Football Be Abolished?
Does Buzz Bissinger score a touchdown with you, or do you find him personally foul? The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (author of the 1988 bestseller and cautionary tale “Friday … Read more
Lost Journal: Get Well Cards Expose Dark Side of Second Grade
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: October 1, 1976 (age 7) Once word of my broken arm reached the second-grade classroom at St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary, the goodwill machine lurched … Read more
