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Educational Testing versus Educational Scamming — A Thorstein Veblen Perspective
By Robert Oliphant – My name is Bob and I write short articles about educational matters. Since the 99 percenters are complaining about college costs, I feel this one is worth a second look.
Grading the Teachers
By BILL AND MELINDA GATES – Schools have a lot to learn from business about how to improve performance, say Bill and Melinda Gates America’s schoolteachers are some of the… Read more
Nation needs leaders to represent the people
Tom Watkins – A line from George Bernard Shaw’s 1903 play, “Man and Superman,” captures the essence of what is brewing in America today: “The reasonable man adapts himself to… Read more
Will Dropouts Save America?
I TYPED these words on a computer designed by Apple, co-founded by the college dropout Steve Jobs. The program I used to write it was created by Microsoft, started by… Read more
California laws cutting parents out of the equation don’t add up
In California, teenagers must get permission from their parents to go to a tanning salon – but they can get abortions without their parents knowing.
Education Dept. busts 50 city educators playing hooky, fibbing about sick days
One teacher told her bosses she was caring for her ailing mother in Ohio – when in fact she was romancing an Italian boyfriend outside Rome. Another doctored… Read more
High schoolers struggling in math know failure has life-long consequences – Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 | 2:01 a.m. – Las Vegas Sun
Judging by the looks on their faces, they may as well have been seated in midday detention rather than a test prep session, two dozen students gathered in… Read more
Schools rolling out new fundraisers: food truck night
Echo Lau drove to Whitney High School on a recent Monday evening to pick up her kids. She left with dinner. The student parking lot at the Cerritos… Read more
No Child Left Behind Plan Doomed to Failure
Randy Turner – It pains me to say this, but from everything I have been reading Sen.Tom Harkin’s plan — and every other plan to revise No… Read more
Islam Armed and Rising
Tunisian voters poured into polling stations to vote on Sunday in their country’s first free election, 10 months after vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in an act… Read more
