Some of you (OK, many of you) will not know this old comedy song from Alan Sherman in 1963. Here is a link to a You Tube video featuring the song. Why am I flashing back to the 60s? It seems to me of late that there are some new "camps" springing up, educational "camps." And I must use the quotes when it comes to the word "camp" because there ( Read more... )

I have written about this principle before. It states that prizes will not be for predicting rain but for building boats. It seems to be that many of the de-formers in education are happier predicting rain. Few are helping build the boats. Count among their numbers now, Campbell Brown. She appeared on The Colbert Report this week to talk about ( Read more... )

Love this piece about a mysterious billboard asking about blueberries and the story behind it. Even if the story os apocryphal, it is absolutely to the point. I have grown weary of the "bidness" model of education (for those of you from outside the Lone Start State, that means business). Jeb Bush and his new foundation on education (and, really ( Read more... )

Followed a link on Facebook to a story about a Florida 3rd grader who was kept from promotion to 4th grade because she scored one point below the cut off score for the FCAT. Here is the link to the story: Read more... )