Florida civil rights groups statement on “parent trigger” bill
The “parent trigger” bill has surfaced again in the Florida legislature this session. Yesterday, LULAC Florida and the Florida NAACP sent the following joint letter to Governor Scott, the Florida House Education Committee, and the legislative delegations from Miami-Dade County and Broward County: Joint Statement: Equity Issues and the Parent Trigger Bill LULAC Florida and […]
Bottom 10 Common Core Blarney
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As far as I’m aware, I have no Irish ancestry whatsoever, but two of my wife’s grandparents emigrated about a century ago, and so I’ll wish sláinte to her, our children, and anyone else. And since I’m not drinking anything (alcoholic) today, I’ll use the holiday for a different purpose, to make […]
Odds and ends to begin spring break
For the first time I can recall, my children and I are on spring break the same week, which given that we are talking the coordination of three different systems, is Spring Break Convergence. It’s great to have our college junior home from the Northeast; on the downside, we cannot complain about the weather for […]
Holding people accountable
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ column today is both a reminder and good discussion of the difference between labeling individuals as racists (or non-racists) and understanding that our history is one filled with racism: The idea that racism lives in the heart of particularly evil individuals, as opposed to the heart of a democratic society, is reinforcing to […]
The MOOC poem (apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
There was a giant MOOC, based on a little book when MOOC hype was trending torrid, And when MOOCS were good, they were very, very good, But when they were bad they were horrid. Profs stood on their heads, “students” watching from bed, With nobody by for to hinder; Peer-graded squalor, plagiarized in the hollers, […]