Last month was probably my last month teaching a decision that has caused me a great deal of sadness. I will miss the children a great deal… the administration, not so much. Due to all of the stress from my unwarranted suspension and termination my doctors advised me to remove myself from the school districts … Continue reading
Anyway It’s Really not the Bad One’s We Want out it’s the Liberals According to the July 15, 2011 issue of Education Week roughly twelve states are revising teacher tenure, evaluations of teachers and layoff policies with several more states on the verge of the doing the same. I recognize this is a Conservative … Continue reading
Are you cognizant that in excess of half the teachers in America are not liberal? This fallacy is vastly due to the National Education Association (NEA) being so liberal and numerous people combine the NEA with teachers, a fallacy in itself; however the way vocally open Conservative teachers are treated is another reason. I … Continue reading
This transpired in Atlanta recently: “America’s biggest teacher and principal cheating scandal unfolds in Atlanta. At least 178 teachers and principals in Atlanta Public Schools cheated to raise student scores on high-stakes standardized tests, according to a report from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.” This is one of the consequences education will suffer … Continue reading
According to “Education Week,” July 4th issue, “The National Education Association just approved a policy statement on teacher evaluation theoretically permitting use of standardized-test scores as one measure of teacher performance.” This substantiates their concern is not for teachers. To appraise “any person” on the achievement of another is absurd. All teachers disburse … Continue reading
In Thursday’s, June 23, 2011, issue of ”Time” an article emerged that ought to clarify an immense deal of what I have been referring to over the past few years. The article, “Why Students Have a Right to Mock Teachers Online” illustrates perfectly the ignorance our society has developed into concerning children. It appears children … Continue reading
When the economy takes a turn downward it appears that government employees, particularly the teachers, fireman and police officers get thrown under the bus. I recognize this is not the PC fixation I should articulate; nevertheless do you realize how much the illegal immigration phenomenon is raping the American public. I heard this … Continue reading
Prior to resuming, I need to emphasize my support of Governor Sandoval; I voted for him and would vote for him yet again; excluding, of course, another Conservative candidate leaped forward that was eager to pay heed to a teacher like myself. It has at this moment developed into law; knowledgeable teachers are … Continue reading
I have seen features and reports of graduations across Las Vegas with each of them informing us how Nevada is dead last America concerning the graduation rate. All I have to declare to those chronicles is “shame on you.” This is an occasion for joy, pride and exultation for our youth who concluded and … Continue reading
With our sexual boundaries existing in such an obscure and ambiguous manner I can understand how epidemics such as this are occurring, I in no way condone it, but I understand it. Bill O’Reilly was discussing a instance where a 39 year old woman was engaging in sexual relations with a 17 year old … Continue reading
Education Week had an additional insightful article entitled “Diploma in Hand, Unprepared for College.” In general the premise for the article was there were numerous high school graduates that proceeded to college that were ill-equipped for even community college. Would you care to speculate who they held responsible? Yep, the teachers! Ron Tomalis, … Continue reading
Behavior is the Primary Focus for These Boys, SUPERIOR idea! Commencing the 2011-2012 school year we will have an innovative charter school called “Willie H. Brooks Soar Academy.” This school will admit only boys and those with authority dilemmas. Their goal is “high standards of conduct.” There will be a dress code, including no tennis … Continue reading
- Some Good Points, Some Not So Good – Mr. Jones addressed the importance of obtaining excellent teachers in the classroom. “Enhanced academic success for students is only possible if there is a great teacher in every classroom.” I cannot articulate how condescending and insulting this is to myself and other teachers; this … Continue reading
- Some Good Points, Some Not So Good – As I continued reading about this path to better education I discovered there were various admirable improvements. For instance: Delivery mechanisms to better utilize online learning and blended learning environments. Instead, progress is based on demonstrated mastery, not on years, grades, or time spent in … Continue reading
- Some Good Points, Some Not So Good - Due to the extent of my retort to Superintendent Dwight D. Jones’ 36 page “Path to improving education in Nevada,” my blog will be in three separate parts. First off, with Superintendent Jones’ visions I will affirm that there are points that are essential in … Continue reading
-We Are Not On Equal Playing Fields- An article in the May 23rd issue of “Education News” called The Global Search for Education: Can You Pass the Global Standardized Test, it declared, “The performance of US students in the 2009 PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) was poor, especially when you consider that the US has … Continue reading
Someone… Please In a December 14, 2010 article by the AP, “Poll: Most want easier way to fire bad teachers,” it said, “seventy-eight percent think it should be easier for school administrators to fire poorly performing teachers.” According to this poll conducted from September 23rd to September 30th by Stanford University, an “overwhelming majority of … Continue reading
Using children to promote your agenda is reprehensible and when are we going to realize that WE are the adults and THEY are the children? Today I saw a commercial made by the Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) elevating its agenda to demean Governor Sandoval and inflate taxes on big business. I was stunned, offended … Continue reading
I Authored a Book about Corruption in Schools and Received a Pink Slip!~ My book “Teachers… It Ain’t Your Fault” is released and the same week I am terminated, coincidence? I doubt it. Lest you do not believe abolishing teacher tenure will twist teacher retention into a personality contest, I would be akin to … Continue reading
America, particularly Hollywood, has thoroughly disconnected God in their pretense world as well as in their reality. In a vast preponderance of their movies and TV shows they depict immorality as good and good as immoral or foolish. Their actions go precisely in opposition to the Guidelines God gave us in His Word. What … Continue reading
In the U. S. Secretary’s initial sentence of his “Open Letter From Arne Duncan to America’s Teachers” he said, “I have worked in education for much of my life.” That is admirable; however are you aware that of all that work, not an iota of it originated in a classroom as a teacher? I am … Continue reading
And Remember These are the Same Teenagers that will Determine a Teachers Worth Wednesday, May 4, 2011, a date that will rapidly be forgotten is a day that should have aroused a number of folks that assume teachers must be appraised by student achievement. It was a warm, picturesque evening as 20 to 30 … Continue reading
I stumbled across a commentary I read a number of months ago by John Merrow. It was called ”Proof that teachers matter“ admiring the LA Times for publishing a story ”Who’s teaching L. A.’s Kids?.” The article was about three reporters “documenting the effects that teachers have on their students.” It not only documented it, it announced … Continue reading
In the preceding months I have been inflicted with the painful process of listening to our politicians, parents and even students complaining in relation to how dreadful the education system is. I have taken note to each and every one of them fixating guilt on teachers. Is it executed directly? No, nevertheless the connotation was recognized. Personally I … Continue reading
Anytime I am on a television program or talk show I find it an honor as well as humbling. It was no different yesterday as I was on Face to Face with Jon Ralston together with Vali Crawford discussing the condition of our existing education system. There were various points I was unable to reveal … Continue reading
Do you recall when Rep. Nancy Pelosi conveyed to the world that we have to pass the bill (Obamacare) before we can understand it? Well Governor Sandoval’s education bill AB555 has an identical message, pass the bill and “then we can work out the evaluation process.” That is what the Governor’s senior policy adviser, Dale Erquiaga … Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln said, “What is taught in the classrooms of one generation will be practiced in the government of the next.” What are we teaching in America? Social issues, for example: Sex education, environmentalism, global warming, multiculturalism, drug prevention, how to get arrested, etc. etc. etc. Incidentally, every now and again we do teach a … Continue reading
Truth be told, I have a troublesome time believing that liberals care for America. If they do why are they so intent on altering the foundation and misinterpreting the Constitution? Why do they speak so ill of it? If liberals love America: Why, when speaking of America, it is continuously with such disdain and contempt? … Continue reading
The more I pay heed to Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the left wing media the more I realize that they do not have the slightest clue as to what truth or facts are. I trust it is a preference they prepared to achieve their socialist agenda; devoid of doubt, I judge they would by … Continue reading
How do you think that makes the drop-ins feel? With an education system that is deteriorating, I cannot help but marvel why we squander a high-quality of time, tolerating distractions by students that have no desire for an education. Let me ask this question of you: What impression would you have if you were … Continue reading
Personally, I do not identify with this sudden fixation with dismissing teachers. I bring to mind ten years ago when we were the most underpaid, underappreciated profession around. Now we have a monetary disaster and without hesitation teachers are liable. Instantly we have turned out to be overpaid, too difficult to dismiss, gluttonous and self-seeking. … Continue reading
