Want to evaluate teachers by student achievement? Fine, but we have to make it fair.
55 Years in School: The Unrealistic Expectations of NCLB
March 14, 2012 By 6 Comments
Can a Teacher Get One Last Snow Day?
February 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
Carl Bosch probably shouldn’t be admitting this, but he wants school to get cancelled.
Geoffrey Canada and ‘Reaching Up for Manhood’
February 11, 2012 By 11 Comments
It’s All Downhill From Here
February 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Carl Bosch chaperones a school ski trip full of rowdy students, bugs, lost items, junk food, and sprained wrist, but more than anything it is full of fun, and that is what’s most important.
High School Should Be for Everyone
January 30, 2012 By 3 Comments
As his students head toward high school, Carl Bosch wants them all to recognize the opportunities they’ll have.
Which Is More Expensive, Prison or Princeton?
January 28, 2012 By 15 Comments
In California alone, spending averages $48,214 per inmate and only $7,463 per student.
Love and Middle School
January 28, 2012 By 3 Comments
Nick Florest realizes that telling a middle-schooler to “get over it” when his heart is broken is not the soundest of advice.
The Language of Mean
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When kids don’t want to be nice to each other, they have their own euphemistic way of going about it. Here’s a guide.
The Bully Epidemic
January 16, 2012 By 7 Comments
Carl Bosch wants to know what happened to the “kinder, gentler” America that some of us hoped for and politicians hyped?
Evaluating Our Children
January 10, 2012 By 2 Comments
Carl Bosch finds himself caught between his students and their academic futures.
Don’t Be Jealous of a Teacher’s Vacation
January 3, 2012 By 9 Comments
Sure, teachers get a lot of time off, Carl Bosch writes, but it’s all well deserved.
The Thing About Holiday Concerts
December 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
‘Put Your Hands Up, and Step Away From the … Child?’
December 15, 2011 By 54 Comments
“Essentially, if a student gave me a hug, I was supposed to act like I was getting arrested. If that’s not a disgusting assumption of male guilt, I’m not sure what is.”
I Have Taught 3,625 Students
December 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
Carl Bosch can wish extravagant success for his former students, but all he can hope for is basic goodness.
Vocalyze
“I think most women need to “trick” themselves into believing that they’re not satisfying some carnal desire.”
This comment was by John Anderson on the post “My First Playboy”, about women and carnal desire.
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