Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
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A Parable For The Common Core
02 Jun 2014Once upon a time “Mary” grew older. Approaching the age of 16, it became legally permissible for her to drive…
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What Parents Should Know About School Bonds And Our LAUSD Citizens’ Oversight Committee:
26 May 2014There is a political brouhaha going on right now that really deserves your attention. Your attention as a parent, as…
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Their Job Is To Learn
10 Mar 2014….not to send feedback flowing through your system. My children’s job is to learn while they are young. That is…
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Ratliff Is Not The Problem
06 Mar 2014The new LAUSD district 6 school board (BOE) member, Mónica Ratliff, is being blamed – personally and explicitly and completely…
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Schools Require A Functional Exchange of Information Too
03 Mar 2014Several years ago before we were to leave the country for a year one of my children and I tried…
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It’s a Trust Thing
27 Feb 2014My first Earful Of Schoolboard Member involved mapping ‘three critical things’ about education (at 9:21), the middle of which was…
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An Ode To Modern Advancement
20 Feb 2014a letter into the ether, regarding public policies of privacy beyond my control. I think my last day to dither about…
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Blaming The Victim
20 Feb 2014There is little about this era of Education Reform that so flummoxes me as the latter day “new, improved” standing…
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Jailing Beings
17 Feb 2014What distinguishes us from plants? Muscle. We move. That’s what we do. It’s important and it’s one of our hallmarks.…
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Abandoning Children’s Privacy
13 Feb 2014The time has come for my youngster to confront immanent militaristic ipad “deployment” and all this implies for privacy and…
