The Frustrated Teacher

Just read: The Nation Exposes Obama's Cynical Education Gambit While many of us were out busting our humps to gather up a few dollars an...

I am afraid Obama is heading toward becoming a one-termer. I am not alone ... Instead, Obama is on his way to doing exactly the wrong thing...

The Importance of Solitude Published by Robert Pondiscio on May 28, 2009 A favorite canard in education is the one about Rip Van Winkle waki...

A look at Chicago schools under Duncan Every now and then it is useful to step back from the hype and the spin and see what people on the gr...

The district writing assessment for 2nd graders was given last week. The kids had to write a personal narrative (small moment in Lucy Calki...

Merit Pay: It Won't Work I is here . Retro reform idea - Merit Pay Thursday, May 28, 2009 Now and then I like to post about writers who ...

Marriage is illegal, if you're gay. Unless you got married before it was illegal, and you're gay. Fucking idiots. From the L.A. T...

There was a young lady from Bude Who went for a swim in the lake A man in a punt Stuck an oar in her ear And said, "You can't swim ...

The following is a transcript of notes taken at the interrogation of Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. It was released by the C.I.A. at the r...