A Wonderful Typo! We Need Common CARE Standards!
Recently Tom Ultican responded to something I posted on Twitter. His response contained a typo. He meant to write “Common Core Standards,” but mistakenly wrote...
Category : Health
Ezra Klein: Biden’s Plan to Curb the Pandemic is Shockingly Simple
Ezra Klein, a new columnist for the New York Times, writes that Biden’s plan to curb the pandemic is so blindingly obvious that it demonstrates...
WSJ: Europe Is Closing Down Schools for Fear of COVID Spread
Last spring and summer, we read many articles about Europe’s success in keeping its schools open, based on the belief that young children are less...
Senator Bernie Sanders on Biden COVID Plan
The office of Senator Bernie Sanders released the following statement about President-Elect Biden’s coronavirus relief plan: BURLINGTON, January 14 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued...
Biden’s Relief Proposal for Schools and the Economy
President-Elect Joe Biden released his comprehensive plan to control the pandemic and help the economy, families, students, and schools. The attached PDF has the full...
John Thompson: Is It Time to Apologize to Teachers and Their Unions for Their Caution?
John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, has a beef with “experts” and pundits who criticized teachers and teachers’ unions for refusing to reopen...
John Ewing: “Learning Loss” is an Absurd Concept
John Ewing, president of Math for America, skewers the concept of “learning loss” in this article in Forbes. I have been a fan of Dr....
John Thompson: What Teachers Should Do When Schools Re-Open
John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, followed the debate about what to do “after COVID,” and he shares his wisdom here. I’ve been...
El Paso Teacher, 35, Dies of COVID-19
Zelene Blancas, who taught in the public schools of El Paso, died of COVID-19. She was 35. She taught first grade, and she emphasized kindness....
Welcome 2021! Go Away, 2020!
Well, congratulations! If you are reading this, you have experienced and survived the worst pandemic since the 1918 Flu. It was a truly lousy year....