Author: teacherken

NOTE:  This is being crossposted at dailykos, myleftwing, boomantribune,heartlandpac.org, and teacherken.blogspot.com On Wednesday Sept. 21 I participated in a conference call about education.  This was because I was...

In case you haven’t noticed, I have not been posting much, because my area of expertise is education, and there have been many more immediate issues as a result of Katrina.  But thanks to Secretary of Education...

Friends: I received the message below the jump from George Schmidt, a fellow educational activist based in  Chicago, on the Assessment Reform network listserv yesterday.  When I read it, I knew it deserved broader...

Okay, it doesn’t sound sexy like the Motorcycle diaries, and I sincerely doubt it will be turned into a movie, especially as I am not as appealing as a young Che Guevara.  Since I go by the name of Teacherken, I am...

My doctor read me the riot act.  The first week of July was my annual physical, a requirement for out of shape 59 year old couch potatoes.  And when the blood tests came back, I got the talking to —  total...