Showing posts with label Old School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old School. Show all posts
Monday, March 27, 2023

Americans Pull Back From Values That Once Defined United States, Poll Finds

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I teach this. My son was just saying, "This is nothing new to you." He's right. It's not. But it's cool to have a WSJ ...
Monday, December 14, 2020

Kerry McDonald, Unschooled

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At Amazon, Kerry McDonald, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom .
Sunday, February 11, 2018

We All Live on Campus Now

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From Andrew Sullivan, a.k.a, " RawMuscleGlutes ," at New York Magazine: "The goal of our culture now is not the emancipation...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Safe Spaces and 'Ze' Badges at College (What a Total Nightmare)

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From Maddy Kearns, at the Spectator U.K., " Safe spaces and ‘ze’ badges: My bewildering year at a U.S. university: Fear of causing offe...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

California State University to End Placement Exams and Remedial Classes for Freshmen

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Remember my entry from a couple of weeks back, " Eloy Ortiz Oakley, California Community College Chancellor, Calls for End to Algebra R...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, California Community College Chancellor, Calls for End to Algebra Requirement for Non-STEM Majors

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I know Eloy Oakley. Rather well, in fact. He was my college president for about a decade, then took the state chancellor's job last year...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Advertisers Bail on Bill O'Reilly (VIDEO)

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A lot of companies have yanked their ads. This is serious business. Funny, too, because you'd find the same kind of allegations at all...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Bill O'Reilly Thrives at Fox News (VIDEO)

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I've watched O'Reilly now for years. When I first started watching him regularly, at least ten years ago, I was mindful of the stere...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Richard Rothstein, Class and Schools

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Following up from yesterday, " Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom, No Excuses ." (The book's at Amazon here .) Be sur...
Friday, March 3, 2017

Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom, No Excuses

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I assigned an essay exam last week, in addition to my regular multiple choice exam. I need the essay to have students fulfill the college...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Old School

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I'm in meetings for our political science interviews on campus today. More blogging tonight. I saw this blurb on my buddy Skatemaster...