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The Preamble, almost as good as Schoolhouse Rock
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Physics Teacher Fired for Insisting on Academics
Democracy Project tells the story of veteran physics teacher Larry Neace, who was fired from his job. His crime? He enforced a decade-old policy of penalizing students for wasting time in class. He had a student that slept in class during a class assignment, so he halved the grade on the assignment as he promised [...]
Handcuffing Kids in School?
You know what? When I was a kid, you NEVER saw a kid being hauled out of school by the police. You wouldn’t see a kid in handcuffs. When I was a kid, and one of us gave the teachers trouble, we got a paddling. I’ll never forget Mr. Nulph’s paddle, a large thick hunk [...]
Schools Taking Control of Explicit Songs at Prom
Schools have finally figured out how to control obscene music at school dances. They simply withhold payment from DJs that play songs with explicit lyrics. ”We can’t be the music police, but I tell the DJs, ‘I’m an old lady, and I’m standing over there in the corner. Don’t make an old lady walk across [...]
Pre-Kindergarten – Worse Than Nothing?
North Carolina is one of the pioneer states in Pre-K education. Every time a budget is proposed to solve a budget crisis, cuts happen nearly everywhere while Pre-K programs see increases in their budget. Outside of the basic fiscal irresponsibility of this decision, it may have adverse effects in the future of the children who [...]
Is Schools Learning Kids Good?
You can’t make this stuff up, folks. Wayne Brightly, a Bronx public school teacher who repeatedly flunked his state certification test finally passed it. The problem is, he hired someone else to take the test for him in order to pass. Brightly hired Rubin Leitner, a formerly homeless and developmentally disabled man to take the [...]