Around The Blogs Once More, With Feeling

“D-Ed Reckoning” eviscerates progressive education
I don’t always agree with the D-Ed Reckoning blog, but I love reading it.

Time to Take a Deep Breath
Let's be clear: It serves no one well--least of all educators--to depict public schools as powerless and educators' dedication as wasted. Defeatism has no place in discussions of school reform.

The Collapse of the Annenberg Challenge
Every few days I have a new object for “the worst ever” prize. Our new American-as-apple-pie identification with torture is the one that keeps me up at night.

BRING ME A HIRE LOVE
My friend the newspaper editor forwarded me an article she read in Slate’s “Dismal Science” section, Hot for the Wrong Teachers, with a little note: “Is this true?”

Students, Turn On Your Cell Phones Please?
What would happen if instead of silencing or confiscating cell phones in the classroom, teachers encouraged students to use them?

A Great Debate on Teach for America
...over in the comments section at The Chancellor's New Clothes (click here) where TFA's and critics duke it out.

Looking back, some advice for new teachers DISD Blog
Some of the advice given in new teacher books just isn't relevant anymore like standing at the door and shaking hands with every student who walks in. (I did it, and it was awkward for everyone involved).

How college gender imbalances impact the social scene… Why Boys Fail
As more colleges approach a 60-40 ratio of women to men, Richard Whitmire writes, the effects on friendships and romantic relationships could be devastating.