Student Loan Forgiveness: A Bad Idea Disguised
Student loan forgiveness is not a good idea…Not without other reforms. It is a Band-Aid on a sucking chest wound
Category: Education
Concerning Proposals To Place Cameras In School Classrooms
Putting cameras in school classrooms is absurd, backward, counterproductive and just the sort of thing the very proponents would decry as nigh communism were it proposed by their political enemies
How Should Democrats Handle Student Loan Payments
One of the remaining benefits to combat Covid-19 is the suspension of federal student loan payments. President Biden wants them back
Anyone Can Teach
Speaking as an educator with two degrees of my own-and the mountain of student debt to prove it-I stand by my statement: Anyone can teach
Don’t Call It A Comeback: Virtual Learning Getting A Second Look
“Yet despite all these challenges, the district found something surprising: For some families, virtual learning was still an absolute hit”
Tribulation: An Apocalypse of Liberty University’s Own Making
The catalyst to this present tribulation was of Liberty University’s own making, design, and choice. And there is no rapture coming.
New York City Schools To Eliminate Gifted Programs
Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is making one of the most sweeping changes to the nations largest public school system by eliminating gifted and talented education classes.
The Last Normal School Year
Many parents have worried that the closure of schools would cause academic regression in our kids, and it has. But school is not just that…
Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Chapel Hill, Joins Ta-Nehisi Coates At Howard
After a weeks-long controversy surrounding her tenure offer with UNC Chapel Hill, Nikole Hannah-Jones will be joining Howard University.
Florida Critical Race Theory Amendment: Read It For Yourself
The State Board of Education has voted and the Florida Critical Race Theory amendment has became law, restricting it from public school instruction.
Things I Learned Teaching During a Global Pandemic
The big takeaway for me teaching this year has been that even in isolation, human connection is our greatest weapon in any sort of crisis
Explode the Canon: How to Fight a Better Canon War
Let’s explode the Canon and cultivate critical distance, opening up new vistas and leaving behind stale arguments.
What Happens When A Skill Becomes Obsolete?
What happens when a skill dies? The key thing to me is to note that skills don’t die suddenly. There is an inflection point that signals the coming end.
Lazy Man’s Load: Credentialing and Education That Never Fails
Many educational institutions build their programs directly on the back of industry credentialing organizations.
Career Day: Knocker Uppers, Buggy Whip Makers, and Modern Work Life
We owe it to the next generations to help expose them to all the career options life offers while retaining a sense of practicality
The First Day of School, Believing the Science, and Anecdotal Evidence
The first day of school ends the social experiment of one side of the road being business as usual while the schools across it where shuddered and forbidden.
They are Newton’s Laws of Motion
It seems like students should at least be told that others refer to them as Newton’s laws of motion even as they chose to refer to them differently.
Growing up in the System:
There are still too many people of my experience trying to apply their “the system” to today’s problems and today’s jobs.
Aesthetics Revisited: A Lutheran, Catholic School, and Brideshead
I invite you to be enthralled with Brideshead Revisited, which makes a television masterpiece of a literary masterpiece
Let’s Talk About Text
Ordinarily, handwriting is not on my top ten list of “Fun Stuff to Talk About.” but, something about this was different.
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