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66The Headsprout Online Phonics Reading Program Review
Teaching your child to read is important, especially if they homeschool or are not grasping it correctly at school. Also, the best WAY to teach reading is through phonics. Well, what if you're not a...
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55Don't Confuse Lack of Consensus with Failure in Education
...we need to arrive at a consensus on what we want K-12 education to do (since our tax dollars dictate that we all own a piece of it). Obviously, we don’t have that now. Hence, we feel like we’ve failed. Just ask 25% of California’s high school students, and 33% of Los Angeles’ high school students. They think the system sucks so bad, they just drop out.
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54Somebody Has to Say It! part 1
I am blessed with healthy children. As parents we all face difficulties while raising our children. My two oldest children are healthy, happy, and completely normal. Atleast as normal has teenage...
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53Educational Russian Roulette
Any Administrator in a public school system will tell you that AYP is very important. Without it, a school loses its right to retain its students. Every parent should know that AYP does not affect some...
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60When Should NCLB Be Evaluated?
The role of the national government in education is limited due to the Tenth Amendment. This has been tested in its fullest capacity by federal educational policies that have come out of Washington. No Child...
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55A Non-Teacher's Guide to Teachers
If you've ever been a parent at a parent-teacher conference feeling like a patient in a doctor's office; if you are friends with teachers and can't follow their conversation; if you're a young teacher and...
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69Who Should Be Responsible For Research For Changes in No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Once a method of evaluation for the No Child Left Behind policy is determined, it should now be determined who should carry out the studies to find alternative methods and processes for the revisions or new...
2 comments54Give Me a Fair Pay-For-Performance Plan. I'll Take It.
The current idea of “pay for performance” is invalid. Proponents of pay-for-performance want to rate me on how my class performs on the standardized test that I give them every year. Consider the following real scenario: Last year I taught the “gifted class” with little or no behavior problems, family issues, or special education designations. This year I taught the “sweat-hogs,” who were full of behavior problems, family issues, and special education designations. How do you think my score
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51Education and the Middle Class Family
I hope that in writing this I do not tick a lot of people off, but sometimes maybe we need to offend some to get a conversation started. I have a daughter in Elementary school and one in Middle school....
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64TEACHERS SPEAK OUT
Teachers as a group need to unite and speak out. Some of the problems we see in education is compounded by the passive attitude of teachers. A passive response from teachers on current issues does not promote...
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