NASA’s Global Climate Change website is dedicated to educating people about human influence on the environment. Under the “Scientific Consensus” tab it states, “Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals1 show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities” … Continue reading North Carolina’s Man-Made Educational Climate Change
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Malcolm, Mumford & Sons, and an Oxford Comma
It is not uncommon to receive a visit in the middle of the night our red-headed boy requesting one of our Iphones. Why? Music. Pure and Simple. Both his mother and I have downloaded songs that he likes the most: "Thriftshop" by Macklemore "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 "Gone, Gone, Gone" by Philip Phillips "I … Continue reading Malcolm, Mumford & Sons, and an Oxford Comma
Top 15 Gifts For Teachers – If You Really Love Them
Forget the apples. Forget the Starbucks Gift Cards. Forget homemade cookies. This year give teachers gifts that they can not only truly enjoy, but truly use to make them better at what they do. Time Machine – specifically one that looks cool. Maybe something akin to the DeLorean in the iconic movie Back to the … Continue reading Top 15 Gifts For Teachers – If You Really Love Them
Opportunity Grants and Missed Opportunity Refunds
Irony makes this world go ‘round and North Carolina is providing plenty of it in the form of vouchers, or as proponents call them in North Carolina, Opportunity Grants. In truth, they should be called Missed Opportunity Grants, because the money that the North Carolina General Assembly has spent and wants to spend on vouchers … Continue reading Opportunity Grants and Missed Opportunity Refunds
You Know You Are a Middle-Aged Public School Teacher When… – A Work in Progress
You Know You Are a Middle-Aged Public School Teacher When You pull a hamstring going up the stairs right after a fire drill. You make a reference to a movie that a student claims that his parent may have seen. You fondly look back at the time when there were no cellphones in the classroom. … Continue reading You Know You Are a Middle-Aged Public School Teacher When… – A Work in Progress
Maximus Decimus Meridias Trump – “Are You Not Entertained?”
The first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University proved to be more than a ratings sweep for the three major networks and news channels. To be exact, I mean “semi-exact,” it was pure entertainment. And a fantastic study of body language. You can watch the debate over again and decide for … Continue reading Maximus Decimus Meridias Trump – “Are You Not Entertained?”
“Water, Water, Everywhere!” – What The Ancient Mariner, Sid the Sloth, and Donald Trump Have in Common
“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Gustave Dore These famous lines from what I consider the greatest narrative poem in the English language (and the most haunting) are a perfect example of … Continue reading “Water, Water, Everywhere!” – What The Ancient Mariner, Sid the Sloth, and Donald Trump Have in Common
Lion Man and Battle Yak – Malcolm’s Quest to Defeat Evil in the Toy Store And Why It Is So Important
Yep. It's kind of our thing. We go to the toy store, play with the toys, and see what Malcolm likes to play with for gift ideas. You may think it is just to pass time. It's not. It is rather deliberate. His mom and I need him working with things that he can manipulate, … Continue reading Lion Man and Battle Yak – Malcolm’s Quest to Defeat Evil in the Toy Store And Why It Is So Important
Priceless – Lt. Governor Dan Forest’s Mercurial Moral Compass
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’” – Matthew 25:45 When the NCAA made its decision to pull seven championship game/matches out of North Carolina in response to the discriminatory nature of HB2, Kami Meuller, the spokesperson … Continue reading Priceless – Lt. Governor Dan Forest’s Mercurial Moral Compass
Stuart Egan: Open Letter to a Young Ex-TFA Running for State Superintendent of Schools in North Carolina
Stuart Egan, an NBCT high school teacher in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrote an open letter to the Republican candidate for State Superintendent, Mark Johnson. Johnson is 32 years old. He worked for two years as a Teach for America teacher. He was elected to the Winston-Salem school board and is only halfway through his first term.
Egan writes:
Dear Mr. Johnson,
I read with great interest your essay posted on EdNC.org entitled “Our American Dream” on September 7th. Because you are a member of the school board from my own district and the republican nominee for State Superintendent, I was eager to read/see/hear what might distinguish you from Dr. Atkinson.
I agree that there is a lot to be done to help cure what ails our public education system, and I agree that we should not be reliant on so many tests in order that teachers can do what they…
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