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Sports Break: skills vs. effective (revisited)
The Denver Nuggets won their first playoff series for the first time since tight shorts; are up 3-0 in the current series, and Charles Barkley has them picked as the team to beat: The reason? You know the reason. We’re talking … Continue reading
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Education-reform savant looking for work?
Well, here’s something possibly even more hairy: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will name former Justice Department official Alan Bersin to oversee its policy on illegal immigration and drug-related violence along the U.S. border with Mexico, Politico reported on Tuesday.
Posted in Politics, Whimsy
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What would POTUS eat?
My particular hotspot for the federal school lunch program and the sheer inertia of action to fix it is usually pretty precise, but imagine instead a kinder, gentler question: what would the guy in charge of feeding the President Of The … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, Whimsy
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Bennet Bingo….
With the Secretary of Education position now decided, one might think the game of guessing DPS’s new Superintendent in the new year would pass. Not so fast…
Song of Themselves
DCTA president Kim Ursetta’s full endorstatement on Michael Bennet was just posted by Alan, where she concludes: Michael Bennet would bring new ideas and approaches to the U.S. Department of Education. This press release was sent to the media on Tuesday, and … Continue reading
What’s next, naming rights?
Wacky enough that one might suspect it’s a gag, but who knows. Article here. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice … Continue reading
Posted in Fiscal & Economic, Whimsy
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Allen Iverson: A Teaching Moment
I’m sorry to see Allen Iverson leave the Denver Nuggets, partly because my four-year-old son has an AI jersey, but also because he was one of my favorite teaching examples. One of the central debates on teachers is if one … Continue reading
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