I keep hearing about this, the new unionism, the new unionism. What the is it? Well, as far as education unionism is concerned, high stakes testing seems to be one of the primary targets of criticism. And we finally have acknowledgement of this very important fact from the CEO of the NEA. By the way, who […]
@slekar continues his “opt out chronicles.”
September 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
#Teachers’ #unions abandon partisanship?
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Might this debacle be proof of two things, one promising and the other not so much? One, labor organizations, teachers’ unions, might be downplaying strict partisanship because their expected allies, Democrats, have not been so good for teachers lately? Two, that many leaders in education are still idiots? I mean, really? Pennsylvania state legislator Rep. […]
Where are we on the so-called #parent #trigger laws?
August 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is my opinion. What I might say here could be controversial. Here it goes. As I’ve stated before in another forum, parents are NOT experts in education, as they are not experts in medicine (unless you’re an actual physician, or an educator). You take your child to a doctor to receive treatment. You send […]
How is #edtech really treating you? Really.
July 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
A new @huffingtonpost from me about #teaching with a different tone than all this #edreform stuff
July 6, 2012 By 2 Comments
Check out @slekar’s new one @huffingtonpost on advice for teachers’ unions
June 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
#Occupy the department of #education in DC coming up March 30th, @unitedoptout
March 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The connections between physicians and #educators are writing themselves these days, esp. with the potential to #optout
March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I postulated over a year ago about the implications for physicians if they were evaluated and scrutinized like teachers. Given that health care reform is a political football right now, with a lot of focus on cost containment, I think physicians are looking at very similar attempts to control their work. Well, especially dealing with […]
Is the #teaching profession dead? See for yourself @huffingtonpost
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How would a bounty system work in #education, @huffingtonpost?
March 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On the bounty rule, via HuffPo. Defensive players were given monetary incentives to take key players out of games by brutal hits. To me, the incentives, perhaps $1500, seem pretty nominal consider what players get paid. This was some kind of informal merit pay system and apparently violates the rules of the NFL. I immediately wondered […]
My new one @huffingtonpost on merit pay for doctors/teachers
This time, posted in the Politics section. Give it some legs folks, give it some legs.