Great Links Curriculum, Volume 1 - World Premiere!
Thank God for Google Reader. At this point, I follow ~500 blogs, view ~12,000 items a month [about 85% are education related] and highlight/distribute about 2% of those posts in a host of ways.
And then there’s the education blog…
… and Twitter, an excellent, free PR tool. If you aren’t following me on Twitter already - or using it yourself - sign up for free, check my profile and click follow. There’s always a good conversation to have or a good link to click.
That triumvirate of e-media makes it easy to do a roundup of interesting stuff I’ve read, so give a warm welcome to the world premier of the Great Links Curriculum.
The British are one baby step ahead of us in self-destruction. DailyWritingTips brings us a story from the Telegraph about banning “elitist” and “discriminatory” Latin phrases - like bona fide, vice versa and et cetera. Fancy book larnin’s a 20th century skeel, it seems.
“Why Parents Get Angry When They Learn the Truth,” from Motel Special Ed.
“Quantifying Greatness” - Greg Forster debunks an unfounded gripe about the Great Books.
Exhibit 1036a: Perfect example why normal people don’t take educrats seriously, courtesy of Salon. Really, that diagram could be drawn for just about any topic on Earth.
The Carnival of Education is up at the Core Knowledge Blog. This Carnival’s scripting took some real effort - well done.
Flypaper with some sober common sense. Want to retain great teachers? Remove the bad ones.
Obama celebrated in the World of Warcraft? Good Lord, there are so many factual errors in this testimony as to make me want to call the poor kid out. We’ll see.
Having solved every problem in New York public education, the State Education Department decided to buy a ton of fruits and vegetables.
Racial taunts in class for supporting John McCain? You betcha. This ideological intolerance happens a bit more than people realize, and sometimes - as in this case - it can get ugly.
Really, really, really, really smart to get into law school? George Leef at Phi Beta Cons drags that argument back to reality.
Head over to eMailOurMilitary and drop a quick note, even if it’s just a quick thanks.
Bill Gates?!?!? Making curriculum?!?! Relax, mouth-frothers. Ms. Jacobs and Mr. Pondiscio will calm you down.
… and another political candidate in the education world whines while laying bare her ignorance on blogs, media and technology. Advertising, too, I suppose. Well done, Ms. Gallucci of Pinellas County. Perhaps the problem isn’t your makeup or wardrobe, but the woeful inadequacy you bring to the job.
In New York State, the education budget cut spin begins. Give it a day or two, you’ll want to throw money at NYSED just to get this circus to stop.
Thanks so much for the spotlight!
Thanks for supporting our troops and eMOM too!
I can’t even wrap my head around the banning of Latin phrases. So the cure for weak vocabularies is to shelter pupils from language rather than expose them to it. Brilliant.
Trish and Dayngr,
It’s a great site and a great service - I hope many people take notice and lend a hand.
Colin,
It’s mind-blowing. But as I said in the post, the Britons are a step ahead of us with undermining their own culture.
They need to revisit greatness post haste.
Whoops! Have I just offended someone?