California high school math teacher Darren gives a thrashing to President Barbara “Boss” Kerr of The California Teachers Association and wonders why the union is so afraid of testing.
Yep. We think that it’s a safe bet that nearly all of us can agree that our inner-city schools are a mess, but what’s to be done about it? Town Hall’s Donald Lambro has some ideas, but they don’t involve simply (more…)
ESWN translated a debate over a popular song called Chinese Speech by S.H.E. The song criticized by Liberty Times (pro-independent newspapers) for misleading and corrupting the next generation in Taiwan into thinking that they also use ‘Chinese speech.’
A blogger discovered what terms for parents are popular in Korea through the search engines of several major portal sites. According to the table and graph that he (she) made, father (a-beo-ji) is used more than dad (a-bba) and, on the other hand, mom (eom-ma) is used more than mother (eo-meo-ni) by internet users. The […] (more…)
Let’s all salute 14-year-old Caitlin Snaring , the second girl to win the national geography bee!
New York City is closing its schools for pregnant girls. Low test scores are among the reasons cited.
In Alaska, students from the city and the Outback are trading places.
The Wanker of The Day is the well-respected Oregon teacher who, after 31 years in the classroom, tossed-away his reputation by (more…)
