Carnival-Carnival

The 151st edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by History is Elementary) has opened the midway for your educational pleasure!And don't forget to complete your educational experience by checking out what the Homies are up to over at The Carnival of Homeschooling. --------------------------See our latest entries.

The Watcher's Council Has Spoken!

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council."The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: Big Lizards came in first with The Courage to Do Nothing. Non-Council

The Carnival Of Education: Week 150

Welcome to the midway of the 150th edition of The Carnival of Education!Here's the very latest roundup of entries from around the EduSphere. Unless clearly labeled otherwise, all entries this week were submitted by the writers themselves.Folks interested in hosting an edition of the C.O.E. should please let us know via this email address: owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net.Thanks to everyone who

Carnival Entries Are Due!

Entries for the 150th edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week by us here at The Education Wonks.) are due. Please email them to: owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 9:00 PM (Eastern) 6:00 PM (Pacific) Today. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the

Inflation.... It's Baaack!

As a public school teacher who doesn't get cost-of-living pay increases, (my monthy take-home pay is only $100 more than it was in 2002) I'm very sensitive to rising prices. The news is not good:US inflation jumped to an annual rate of 4.3 per cent in November, explaining why the Federal Reserve remains reluctant to cut interest rates too aggressively in spite of the risks to growth.The data

The Watcher's Council Has Spoken!

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council."The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: In a tie vote that was broken by The Watcher, Joshuapundit came in first

Let's Carnival!

The 149th edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by The Colossus of Rhodey) has opened the midway for your educational pleasure!And don't forget to complete your educational experience by checking out this week's edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling.--------------------------See our latest entries.

Simply Awful

Two Las Vegas teenagers have shot six of their fellow teens as they exited their school bus.How can we put a stop to all this?

Carnival Entries Are Due!

Entries for the 149th edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week by The Colossus of Rhodey.) are due. Please email them to: colossusofrhodey [at] gmail [dot] com . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 6:00 PM (Eastern) 3:00 PM (Pacific) Today. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the post's

The Watcher's Council Has Spoken!

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council."The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: New Council Member Wolf Howling garnered first place honors with Of Islamist

George F. Will Gets Beyond NCLB

From tomorrow's Washington Post George Will writes: No Child Left Behind, supposedly an antidote to the "soft bigotry of low expectations," has instead spawned lowered standards. The law will eventually be reauthorized because doubling down on losing bets is what Washington does. But because NCLB contains incentives for perverse behavior, reauthorization should include legislation empowering

No Mumpee-No Admitee

One university in Maine is barring students at the door if they haven't had their shots:PORTLAND, Maine - The University of Southern Maine began notifying more than 400 students Thursday that they're being banned from campus for failing to meet the latest vaccination requirements for mumps.Campus officials provided student lists to professors and were trying to reach about 50 on-campus residents

When Bad Kids Smile At The Teacher

Teacher "AB" lets us know what it may mean: For the longest time, my entire first two years of teaching, nothing drove me more crazy than when my ill-behaved kids got in trouble and smiled. It shocked, repulsed, and angered me to the core to be telling a child about the consequences of their disruptive behavior and find their reaction was a broad, plastic smile. I’d been known to double

Meow Mix-up In The Head

It seems as though most neighborhoods have a "cat lady," but this one is in a league all of her own: BOSTON -- The state's highest court said that a woman who stored dozens of dead cats in her Boston apartment can keep two that were seized by the city, as long as she complies with city health codes.Cat breeder Heidi Erickson was charged with animal cruelty after officials found five malnourished

Lest We Forget

What day this is...Much more here and there.

U.S. Students Not Comparing Well With Others

It seems as though American students continue underperforming when compared to many of their international peers: Finland and South Korea have topped the world in a new student ranking survey.According to the OECD, the two countries lead the world when it comes to education, especially in reading and science.In particular, Finnish students ranked top in science, while South Korean teenagers were

Babies Having Babies: Now A Generational Problem

While I was reading this Iowa story about the 29-year-old grandmother, I wanted to tear my hair out in clumps:Quad-City area teenagers are still having babies. But the good news is that fewer teens are doing so across the region — and in Iowa, Illinois and the United States as a whole — than 10 years ago.Some say the teens who are having babies seem to be getting younger and younger, including a

Carnival-Carnival!

The 148th edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by So You Want To Teach?) has opened the midway for your educational pleasure!And don't forget to complete your educational experience by checking out the homies over at The Carnival of Homeschooling.--------------------------See our latest entries.

Things They Don't Teach You In Library School

I came across this while chasing down a lead for another entry; I couldn't resist it:OXFORD, OH (2007-11-12) In library school, commentator Jennie Kiffmeyer learned all about the Dewey Decimal system, database design, and storytelling. But as she was to realize on the job as a school librarian in suburban Washington, that knowledge didn't amount to a handful of jellybeans. Here is her list of ten

Call For Carnival Entries!

Entries for the 148th edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week by So You Want To Teach.com .) are due. Please email them to: joel [at] soyouwanttoteach [dot] com . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 6:00 PM (Eastern) 3:00 PM (Pacific) Today. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the

The Watcher's Council Has Spoken!

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council."The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: Right Wing Nut House finished in first place with Buchanan's New Book: “

In Our Teachers' Mailboxes This Morning

We found a paper with this quote from an Unknown Administrator: THE COOL THING ABOUT "ACTION" IT WILL ALWAYS DESTROY PROCRASTINATION.That was it. There was nothing more.We really didn't know what to make of it...

Woman Flushes Fraud

When it comes to folks fighting back against corporations who're trying to put the screws to consumers through the illegal collection of even more sales taxes than they're supposed to, we'll take every victory we can get: MONROEVILLE, Pa. — It wasn't quite a Boston Tea Party, but Mary Bach claimed victory for all citizens of Pennsylvania with a legal ruling on an item the state calls a nontaxable