Pink, “girly” @Legos? New Moon Girls suggests that winners of the 2011 First Robotics Lego League — all girls — design the next set.Lego: You Can Get With the Times | Parent Girlsblogs.newmoon.comAn idea: Make the girls from The 4th Motor team of WI …
Archives for December 22, 2011
Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks' "If I Were A Poor Black Kid"
“Digital bootstraps” don’t take the place of face-to-face mentorship and teaching — let’s recommit time and resources from real human beings to where real kids can be found, in local public schools.
Quickie highlights of Diane Ravitch's critique of test-driven, NCLB-style ed ref…
Quickie highlights of Diane Ravitch’s critique of test-driven, NCLB-style ed reform in an interview w/ @HNN.What’s Wrong with School Reform: Interview with Diane Ravitchhnn.usCraig Thurtell was a teacher at Ardsley High School in Ardsley, NY, and is a …
Pearson's non-profit foundation greasing the skids for the for-profit arm w/junk…
Pearson’s non-profit foundation greasing the skids for the for-profit arm w/junkets to education officials? NY’s AG investigates.New York Attorney General Is Investigating Pearson Educationwww.nytimes.comThe New York attorney general is investigating w…
PTAs & other 501c3 groups are prohibited from supporting particular political ca…
PTAs & other 501c3 groups are prohibited from supporting particular political candidates (even school board candidates) as a condition of non-profit status. This is a terrible hindrance to the civic participation of parents & other community stakeholde…
#TaketheTest Maybe Michelle Rhee could take one & we'd decide whether to hire or…
#TaketheTest Maybe Michelle Rhee could take one & we’d decide whether to hire or fire her based on the results? :OA Challenge to #Takethetest – SchoolBookwww.nytimes.comA Twitter trend, #takethetest, is a hashtag that some educators and others are us…