Archive for December, 2006
Rudolph and the road not taken
I didn’t watch any Christmas shows this year. But on Christmas Eve, we somehow got on the topic of the show on Rudolph, the elf that wanted to be a dentist, the island of misfits, and the abominable snowman. We all agreed that the other reindeer were mean and somehow that’s overlooked in the story. [...]
Scott Parks Public Education Wish List
Scott Parks of the Dallas Morning News has a wish list for Texas education. Some highlights follow: Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Education Columnist Scott Parks: • Thought leaders in public education will abandon the zany notion that all children must be prepared for college. They will refocus on how to [...]
Banning Corporal Punishment?
In Texas? 80(R) HB 379 – Introduced version – Bill Text: (b)??A school district employee or a volunteer or independent contractor of a district may not administer corporal punishment or cause corporal punishment to be administered to a student. But wouldn’t that make us all wimps?
Merry Christmas!
I’ll be back after Christmas. Merry Christmas!
Things are getting interesting…
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | News: Local News: A former Preston Hollow Elementary School teacher says she was fired for fighting racial segregation at the school.Graciela McKay filed a federal lawsuit Friday alleging that school officials retaliated against her for speaking out about discriminatory practices at the school. The suit comes [...]
More public school socialization
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Education Columnist Scott Parks: For those who abhor injustice, Judge Lindsay’s spine-tingling narrative is comparable to the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. But the judge’s writing is nonfiction. And it should be required reading for every principal and administrator in Dallas Independent School [...]
What’s the point?
Generally, I think it’s a good thing to spell out expectations: 80(R) HB 380 – Introduced version – Bill Text: Sec.?26.014.??EDUCATIONAL INVOLVEMENT AGREEMENT. (a) The agency shall adopt an educational involvement agreement form for use by school districts to be signed by a student, the student’s parent, each of the student’s teachers, and the principal [...]
Education reform is okay as long as it doesn’t interfere with school
Bloomberg.com: U.S.: U.S. public schools should be run by private contractors who would graduate most students by 10th grade, concluded an expert commission sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The plan also calls for state funding to replace local property taxes, free pre-kindergarten and higher teacher pay on a merit-based system. The Gates [...]
First, it was just a problem with Michaela Ward
This is from last October: McKinney ISD Issues Response To Cheerleader Sponsor – Sports: The McKinney ISD Board of Trustees, administration, campus administration, and staff will continue to deal with student discipline in a consistent manner in an effort to create a safe and positive learning environment. The District and campus have met with parents [...]
You can only whistle-blow if you go through channels
Another case of “you’ve got to wonder why” proposed legislation? 80(R) HB 362 – Introduced version – Bill Text: ? A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the ability of public school employees to communicate with members of a school district board of trustees. ???????BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE [...]