Education for the Aughts
Blog URL http://www.matthewktabor.com
Located Cooperstown, New York USA
Tags education, school, college, teaching, politics, opinion, news, conservative
Discussion of education policy, teaching, current events/issues in public schools.
Latest Blog Posts
- “I Don’t Want to Ruin My GPA” on Nov 12, 2009 in
Last week we found out via EdSector’s Chad Aldeman that the SAT/ACT are useless. The GPA, he says, as he clings to the coattails of the new book Crossing the Finish Line, is the best predictor of “college success.” I pointed out in...
- Berlin Wall Anniversary and Happy 234th Birthday, United States Marine Corps on Nov 10, 2009 in
You won't hear much about the Berlin Wall - or the Marine Corps.
- NY Senator David Valesky Will Be Challenged By Two on Nov 10, 2009 in 49th district ny state senate david valesky
David Valesky is weak on education; any challenger is welcome.
- ASCD SmartBrief Needs a World War II History Lesson on Nov 9, 2009 in ascd smartbrief v2 rocket wernher von braun world war ii
ASCD gets a history lesson on Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun.
- SAT and ACT Mean Nothing? on Nov 5, 2009 in
Education Sector’s Mr. Aldeman, one of the prolific writers on The Quick and the Ed, has declared dead the usefulness of the SAT/ACT. It wasn’t his idea; he read it in Crossing the Finish Line: Crossing the Finish Line has things to say a...
- Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution Debuts Thursday on Sep 15, 2009 in
Nothing in media, let alone film, has captured so well how American schools are being outperformed as Bob Compton’s Two Million Minutes. The original 2MM showed how 6 high school students - two each from the US, India and China - spent their tw...
- World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks, 2009 Update on Sep 11, 2009 in Americana Education Media a war for civilization brain-terminal crystal morning evan coyne maloney mark steyn pentagon-attack september-11 terrorist-attack world-trade-center-attack
Last year we were winning 7-0; now it’s 8-0. I show no mercy - none - to the folks in education who say that NCLB, various teaching/administrative/reform initiatives, etc. inspire “terror” in children or that their practitioners are...
