I should be writing.
I read an interesting article titled Why Writers Love to Hate the M.F.A. The article details the rise in MFA programs and discusses the backlash to it. Overall, it’s a pretty balanced article that says, “There are more MFA programs now, and some people don’t like that.” (Don’t be threatened by my mad summarizing skills –…
Policy makers that aim to dismantle public education enjoy calling themselves “reformers.” Scott Walker likes to pretend he’s championing the common good when he takes on those teachers’ unions, which is basically the same thing as taking on ISIS. Because you see, teachers are terrorists. One way to undermine public education is to unfairly test students…
At work we are facing the end of the trimester, which means report cards are going to be due and parent conferences are coming up. It’s a busy time. Additionally, we are preparing to take the PARCC test, which is the national standardized test that is supposed to cover the new common core standards. The…
Thanks to Bill Gates and company, schools are increasingly being forced to adopt technology. The latest push is 1:1 devices for every student. Our district has gone to Chromebooks, which is nice for Google. They definitely need more money. I teach middle school, so at the outset I thought, “Yes, it will be handy if…
