“One of the grimmer realizations of Sarkis’s youth had been the discovery that knowing you were being an ass did not actually stop you from continuing to be an ass.” ― T. Kingfisher, Swordheart In September of 2021, middle… Read More ›
Education
Snow Day Musings
“Belief has nothing to do with truth.” ― Percival Everett, James If you are just about anywhere in the country, outside Califonia, I hope today finds you warm and cozy curled up in your home, devoid of purpose besides… Read More ›
Out With The Old and In With The New – But Will We Be Able To Tell The Difference?
“This is how you hustle the arcane. Skirt the rules but don’t break them.” ― Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom Twenty four is now a wrap and it is off to twenty five. Reading through my social… Read More ›
Christmas Miracles
“People don’t want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you’re a teacher you’re in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the… Read More ›
Yule Time Education Policy News from the Volunteer State
“education at all levels, from small children through to young adults, is of such fundamental importance to the flourishing of the community under any form of constitution that it must be publicly determined and can’t possibly be left to be… Read More ›
Who is at the Center of the Education Policy Conversation?
“For if there is one lesson worth retaining from the travails of the Cold War and the miseries it brought in its wake, it is the folly of seeking simple answers to complicated questions. It is a lesson which governments… Read More ›
Black Friday Blues
“Consistent only with his own warped and peculiar brand of logic, he was prepared to take measures with such far-reaching consequences for the German population that the very survival he claimed to be fighting for was fundamentally threatened. Ultimately, the… Read More ›
Pointing Out The Parralles
“Your friend professes belief yet I’m not convinced. What about you? Are the gods real?” “They are real,” says I, “And you’re a prick.” ― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits I watch a lot of football. I’ve done so for… Read More ›
What Was That?
“He had become lonely in his mind, he knew: he no longer encountered other people even in his thoughts.” ― Tom Crewe Still trying to process just what just happened this week. The general consensus was that the Presidential race… Read More ›
You Can’t Offer School Choice Before Offering An Initial Choice
“A man could say every day that he wanted to change his life, was going to change it, and every day the lament became merely a part of the life he was already living, so that the desire for change… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 