I’ve Angered Hooked-on-Phonics(R) – revisited
I just remembered a remarkable kerfuffle I stumbled into twelve years ago. In December 2008, President-Elect Obama nominated the worst Secretary of Education and I …
Category: politics
Barack Obama’s Random Act of Kindness
Read this terrific story about how a young Barack Obama helped a stranger 20 years ago. Gary StagerVeteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is the author …
My Fellow Americans! You Have a Right to Free Coffee!
C’mon Patriots! Starbucks is giving a free cup of coffee to American voters. Get your free cuppa and then get back in line for more! …
Dignity for Chickens, Yes! Humans? Not so much!
Elections are a crazy affair in the people’s Republic of California where republican democracy has been nearing extinction ever since Proposition 13 was passed in …
Senator Biden Interviewed by a 5th Grader
..and yes, the Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate is smarter than a fifth grader! (The kid is terrific too) Be sure to watch until the end! …
The $100 Laptop in Vanity Fair & a Colombian School
Vanity Fair writer and widow of Tom Russert, Maureen Orth, wrote a charming article about a small school she built in the Colombian Andes while …
Care to Really Understand Federal Education Policy?
In my humble opinion, Jo Boaler‘s, recent Education Week column, Where Has All the Knowledge Gone? The Movement to Keep Americans at the Bottom of …
My New Favorist Essayist Speaks the Truth About School
Over the past six months I’ve discovered the BBC television phenomena, Top Gear. I first heard about it when Jay Leno publicly criticized NBC‘s desire …
The Penguin & John McCain – Separated at Birth?
Is this a precursor to Wednesday night’s debate? For all you mashup fans… Gary StagerVeteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is the author of Twenty Things …
Hey, Look at How all that Rah-Rah Paid Off!
For the past month or so, I’ve been the big old meanie who could love the messenger, but hate the shallow superficial condescending message of …