Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: If one is going to entitle a post, A Sorry Attack on the Common Core, which is what Sol Stern did on March 2, 2014, one should really be certain that one’s logic is flawless. Otherwise, someone might come along and write a post that rips through those weaknesses in logic and,… Read more

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: I’m sure you’ve heard for years—even decades—that the public schools are failing; that teachers are lazy, incompetent and their labor unions are responsible for this so-called failure. The solution: fire the teachers, close the public schools and get rid of the labor unions. Then turn education… Read more

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: During a Facebook conversation, an internet friend mentioned how nice it would be if there were academic competitions as popular as sports. I replied that there are popular academic competitions for those students who are interested and who usually have supportive parents that value an academic… Read more

Originally posted on DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: John Jay When the Founding Fathers wisely created a constitution with checks and balances, they created what they thought was a “properly designed state”. As Richard Hofstadter wrote in An Age of Reason,” A properly designed state, the Founders believed, would check interest with interest, class with class, faction with… Read more