Category Archives: Teaching

Beep, Beep

Posted on August 4, 2017 by D. Edgren

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Education Week Misses the Point

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

A very thoughtful article greeted me at Education Week.  I’m sure the author, editor and headline writer had the best of intentions.  They missed the point. Words like ignorance, discrimination, and terrorism are embedded in our vernacular these days, especially … Continue reading →

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Lots of Stupid in One Place

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

We get these stories every few years: Students in JoAnne Bolser’s middle school class were, at first, surprised when she gave them a math quiz that used pimps, gang members, and cocaine as test questions. Their surprise turned to shock … Continue reading →

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Remind Me to Never Bother BusPassOffice

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

From Hogewash this morning: BusPassOffice: I am still laughing at bill’s fake phone call yesterday and wondering if its worth contacting Cardinal Management to tell them how they select residents with multiple restraining orders to have the privilege in living … Continue reading →

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Teacher Pay in North Carolina

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

Yesterday I wrote about teachers leaving North Carolina.  Even if you’re not from here, the factors affecting North Carolina probably affect your state as well.  Of course, this might have no significance, and you might want to skip this altogether. … Continue reading →

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If True, Somebody Needed to Find This Out Decades Ago

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

The LA Times Reports: The Los Angeles Board of Education voted this week to fire nationally recognized teacher Rafe Esquith, following a misconduct investigation that included allegations he made an improper joke to students and inappropriately touched minors, according to … Continue reading →

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Hey, North Carolina? Where’d All Your Teachers Go?

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

Teachers are leaving the profession in greater numbers and at higher percentages in North Carolina than in previous years.  Others are just moving. The turnover rate is now 14.84% though the rate of the exodus has slowed. A study by … Continue reading →

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Just a Picture and a Link

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

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Crap Science and Sexual Abuse

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

Some science is crap. If I told you that a person who could not speak, and has not meaningfully communicated in any way, was suddenly typing out sentences, you’d be suspicious. Especially if the only way they could type would … Continue reading →

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Kid Misses School, Mom Gets Arrested

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

This should NOT happen.  Julie Giles was issued an arrest warrant.  There’s some disagreement as to whether she was handcuffed and arrested.  From Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (h/t A Conservative Christian Man – Paul Lemmen) You see, according to the compulsory … Continue reading →

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