Thursday, February 28, 2008

Is Our Children Learning?

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This morning I found a very interesting blog on the New York Times website, entitled "Is Our Children Learning?* Maybe Not." [The...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Dumb Down Or Else

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Last week, Erin Einhorn wrote this article in the Daily News about a New York City principal who essentially ordered his teachers to "...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Cosby on "Meet the Press"

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Comedian/actor/author/activist Bill Cosby, of whom I've been a fan for over 20 years, appeared yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press (a...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Off Topic, Just for a Moment...

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While I had hoped to confine this blog to issues relating to education, I find myself compelled to comment briefly on a current news item. T...
Friday, September 28, 2007

CELL PhONES 4 JESUS

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I thought I'd take the first post of the new school year to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Morse v. Frederick (the "B...
Friday, June 22, 2007

Hypothetical

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The typical law school exam presents the student with a fact pattern (i.e., a story about two or more parties who have a dispute over someth...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Fish Story

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There's an old saying I recently read somewhere, and darned if I can remember where: "Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a da...
Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Redefining Failure

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A couple of years ago I read an article in the Daily News about school officials in Britain who wanted to remove the word "failure...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Twenty Questions

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Just recently I gave my students a take-home quiz containing 20 multiple choice questions. I am test-marketing this quiz for next year's...
Sunday, June 3, 2007

Who's Who in Public Schools

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In order to understand how legal principles apply to a high-school educational setting, we need to understand the precise nature of the teac...