Many Chinese bloggers are discussing the most popular Chinese word of 2006. Some of the suggestions are: Bo (as in Blogger), Gao (as in spoof) and Chao (as in argue). Gao is so far the most popular one (zh). (more…)
Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the ‘Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as “The Watchers Council.”The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week’s submitted posts. Council Member Entries: The Glittering Eye took first place honors with Directions on Iraq: A (more…)
California junior high school history teacher Polski3 wonders aloud whether or not students’ grasp of history ought to be a discrete component of NCLB or should history as a separate subject be allowed to go extinct.
Now it would be dishonest of us if we said that we liked The Queen of All Testing the globe-trotting U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. One of the reasons is that she seems (more…)
Entries for the 98th midway of The Carnival Of Education (hosted this week by Carol over at The Median Sib) are due today. Please email them to: carol [at] themediansib [dot] com . (Or use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 6:00 PM (Eastern), 3:00 PM (Pacific). Contributions should include your site’s name, the title of the post, and the post’s URL if (more…)
