Daily Archives: 7:39 PM
Ben Fogle: Without boarding school I’d be nobody
Ben Fogle was miserable when his parents packed him off to school; yet he grew to prize the skills and values it gave him. But when the time… Read more
Ralph Fiennes blames Twitter for ‘eroding’ language
Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival awards in Old Street, London, the actor said that modern language “is being eroded” and blamed “a world of truncated sentences,… Read more
Apprenticeships rise by a half, data shows
The number of people starting apprenticeships in England this year has risen by more than 50% on last year, official figures show. There were 442,700 apprenticeship starts in… Read more
Educating Children in Poverty
Only Effective Teachers and Principals Can Save the Lives of Children in Poverty We Face an Enormous and Crucial Task. The very title, “Educating Children in Poverty,” here presents what… Read more
Commentary: Why Does This Not Surprise Me Department
Michael F. Shaughnessy – We are still looking for those leaders who will “make a difference” or who have “made a difference” in the realm of education.
Anti-bullying Amendments to Education Act Undercut Academics (Again)
by Beverly K. Eakman – All summer long, news sources reiterated complaints about the once-vaunted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act as being unachievable. Education Secretary Arne Duncan,… Read more
Five Linguistic Fallacies Worth Discussing by American High Schoolers and Their Parents
By Robert Oliphant – The Equality Fallacy. . . . Some years back the great anthropologist Franz Boas struck back against linguistic racism by insisting that there are no “primitive” languages
An Interview with Neal McCluskey: How much is the average taxpayer subsidizing College Tuition?
Michael F. Shaughnessy – I don’t hear the “keep them out of prison” argument that much for colleges – it’s mainly offered to support spending more on K-12 schools.
Atheist Group Tries To Stop Prayers At High School Football Games That Include ‘Jesus’
An Alabama school district has been accused of allowing prayers that invoke the name of Jesus during high school football games, according to a complaint filed by a national atheist… Read more
Education’s Armageddon
by Beverly K. Eakman – Just as young people were headed to universities across the nation and the K-12 back-to-school season was percolating in parents’ minds, a front-page… Read more
