The Frustrated Teacher

Watch this short video of a grandmother's dedication to the education of her grandchild, then tell me how anyone can put the onus of &qu...

James Charles "Jim" Marshall , OBE (July 29, 1923 – April 5, 2012), known as The Father of Loud or The Lord of Loud, was an En...

Occupy NEA is a newish Facebook Community Group asking for NEA folks to tell the leadership how to better serve their members. They ...

The New Ideal Teacher - A Poem The New Ideal Teacher By David Lee Finkle The new ideal teacher Is driven by data, And kids become p...

Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger ba...

Students First , Michelle Rhee's billion dollar, billionaire funded lobbying/propaganda machine have changed the "About" secti...

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... So, what’s the problem? In short, it’s that year-to-year changes in proficiency rates are not valid evidence of school or policy effec...

A father is concerned for his 8th grade son's new-found worry over high-stakes tests.  Sorry about all the italicized question marks pos...

Tonight at 7pm (pst) is the big show . This has been in the works a loooong time. Getting Mike to do the show took nearly a year. Why? ...

I took an unexpected hiatus from blogging the last few days.  Why you ask? Because my computer died. Well, the hard drive died. But, bec...