The world of education isn’t changing to the Harvard business model of corporatism in education management that is apparently now firmly entrenched …
Author: Leaddog
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Life Sucks
Life sucks, it’s hard, never easy and most everyone is out there to mess with you, both intentionally and unintentionally. That was …
Nationalism and Me
Here is another one of those general e-mails making the rounds on the Internet. I suppose it would be similar to those …
Universal Coincidence or Coincidental Universe
My question is: What is coincidence? I’m reminded of the old cliché, “Can’t see the forest for the trees.” Our lives today …
Really?
I received an email poem that lamented the notion that God has been taken out of school, government and, via the efforts …
Truth and Certainty in 1974
I graduated High School in 1974 with some vague notion of what to expect in life, some 37 years later … this …
We Not Me
Have you heard that phrase at meetings where the leadership of administrations of one form or another try to shame or cajole …
Religion…Again
The traditional Arab Muslim world continues to struggle not because the people are determined to win democracy from the dictators, but of …
High stakes multiple choice testing: PISA, expectations and youth
A few years ago I was asked to answer questions regarding the success Alberta students have in these international PISA tests. I …
Industrial Age economics and education Part four
Much of the Western world since the late 1970’s, now quickly being followed by the remainder of the world, has been committed …