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Tag: education
Success
At soccer practice last night, one of the players remarked, quickly, as he was moving, “Now I understand.â€
My Platform, were I a candidate for the School Board
Once again, it is that time of year here in New York where residents of the school districts vote for board candidates and approve the budget. Most of the time ...
Revisions Needed
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. Anonymous I came across, by way of ...
Shut Up and Sit Down
The Arlington (NY) Central School District, after declaring a snow day because it was snowy, sent parents a note regarding the possibility of intentional studen...
The Water the Frog Boils In
The last few days I’ve been watching presentations from LISA and Velocity on the difficulties and rewards of the cultural transformation needed by a lean,...
Observations on Compulsory Schooling
Walking back from the bus stop, No. 2 Son, who is only just 10, looked thoughtful. A few steps later, he remarked, “School is slavery.” “It is...
Age Segregation
From grade schools to senior villages, we now spend much of our lives on separate generational islands. Can we reverse the trend? “What ‘age segregation...
Math Hatred: A Systemic Problem
If you put a kid who’s teaching himself to read so he can play his favorite games, who can do simple sums, and who can count well past 200, in full-day Ki...
The Arlington (NY) Central School District School Board of Education Seeks Perfection
They chose an impossible goal: no failure. [B]y the year 2017: a. Increase 5 year graduation rates to 100% b. Achieve 100% grade level literacy by the end of Gr...
Against Full-Day Kindergarten
The Common Core State Standards website asks, Q: Why do we need educational standards? A: We need standards to ensure that all students, no matter where they li...
On the Arlington Central School District Budget (2012-2013)
Arlington Central School District budget planning for FY 2012-2013 has resulted in a fairly good budget. I particularly like the appendices that are included fo...
Comments on the Arlington Central School District Budget (2010-2011)
The Board of Education of the Arlington Central School District has made the difficult decision to close an elementary school in order to reduce the district...
New York City Department of Kafka
What the fuck? We hear from New York City school teachers about a secret room in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report ther...
Freeze Tag
As previously mentioned, the school district needs to trim about $18.5 million in order to avoid a tax increase.
Air Conditioners
The Big Sister had an informed response to the President’s suggestion that we send our children to school all year. They’d have to buy air condition...
Time Enough
Apparently President Obama remarked on education yesterday. For decades, Washington has been trapped in the same stale debates that have paralyzed progress and ...
Pretend You’re a Chainsaw
During a depression, wages are sticky downward. That is, they do not drop quickly, though prices do. Instead, jobs are lost. Fine. I’m going to pretend I&...
Painful Balancing
The Arlington Central School District is treating this budget planning a bit differently than the past few, because of the severe fiscal pressures. This is a go...