Recent Posts Tagged With 'americana'

• World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks, 2009 Update

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 16:34 in history, americana, 9 11, september-11, mark steyn, education media, a war for civilization, brain-terminal, crystal morning, evan coyne maloney, pentagon-attack, terrorist-attack

  Last year we were winning 7-0; now it’s 8-0. I show no mercy - none - to the folks in education who say that NCLB, various teaching/administrative/reform initiatives, etc. inspire “terror” in children or that their practitioners are...

• Storming the CASTLE in the War on Christmas

  Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 13:48 in teaching, history, curriculum, public schools, castle, americana, education news issues, school law, education policy, school administration, education media, war on christmas

  ‘Tis the season, folks. For family, friends and joy, some say. Others seize the opportunity to hoist the banner of the Establishment Clause to persecute those who dare to recognize any bit of Christmas in public schools. Over at Dangerously Irr...

• Bob Lettis’ Tales of Cooperstown: Influential People, Teachers

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 15:35 in teaching, history, americana, cooperstown, new york education, cooperstown education, otsego county memories, bob lettis, cooperstown teachers, freemans journal, nick sterling, red bursey

  I wanted to highlight a neat article by Bob Lettis that appeared this week in a Cooperstown paper. He reminisces about some of the great Cooperstown teachers of his day - Red Bursey, Nick Sterling, etc. Perhaps one day I’ll write my own version...

• Great Links Curriculum for Tuesday, November 18

  Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 12:14 in math, teaching, history, curriculum, public schools, physics, americana, higher education, florida education, education news issues, school law, pledge of allegiance

  If you aren’t already following me on Twitter, you ought to start. I link to and comment on education stories ’round the clock. And if you’re new to Twitter or aren’t sure how to get started, check out TwiTip’s 10 Easy S...

• “There’s Always One Place Where You’ll Be Welcomed With Open Arms: Academia.”

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 20:02 in history, americana, 2008 election, education news issues, education media, indoctrinate u, weather underground, bill ayers, william ayers, bernardine dohrn, mark rudd

  Click to skip right to Indoctrinate U’s deleted scene. Indoctrinate U is a wonderful documentary film about the injection of politics into higher education. If you haven’t seen it, pop over to their site and grab a copy. All this talk abo...

• A Million Takes on Bill Ayers, Terrorist and Educator Extraordinaire

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 19:25 in history, public schools, americana, higher education, 2008 election, education news issues, michael tomasky, education policy, education media, illinois education, weather underground, city journal

  [ Photo: William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, compares tattoos with a developing revolutionary. When asked the location of Ayers' tattoo[s], our young comrade repl...

• Who’s Behind the Academic Cabal Supporting Bill Ayers?

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 16:49 in public schools, americana, higher education, 2008 election, education news issues, michael tomasky, education media, illinois education, weather underground, bill ayers, william ayers, bernardine dohrn

  For a brief history of Bill Ayers and public education, check out “Revisiting AERA, Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground and Public Education.” It’s a 3,500-word crash course in Ayers, AERA, the Weather Underground and why it all mat...

• Ambrose Bierce and the Devil’s Dictionary on Education

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 15:16 in english, history, americana, education humor, ambrose bierce, books on education, devils dictionary, devil's dictionary

  For those who haven’t come across Bierce, he was a biting critic of literature and culture in 19th- and early 20th-century America. Bierce’s short stories are singularly engaging and, in my opinion, few in American literature have demonstrated su...

• The World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks

  Posted on Thursday September 11th, 2008 at 16:26 in history, americana, september 11, 9 11, september-11, mark steyn, terrorist attack, pentagon attack, world trade center attack, a war for civilization, brain-terminal, crystal morning

  We’re winning 7-0, and I’d like to go for the shutout. I don’t really use the phrases “9/11″ or “September 11.” Instead, I refer to the events 7 years ago today as what they were - a terrorist attack on the W...

• Intellectual Dishonesty and Fearmongering on the Boston University Dean’s Blog

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 12:06 in republican, Democrat, english, history, americana, higher education, voting, Joe Biden, 2008 election, education news issues, education media, voter registration

  I wrote yesterday about my dissatisfaction with the Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore’s push for voter registration. It’s a poor use of resources, it’s outside the scope of the Dean’s office, and it’s rea...

• Viva La Revolucion, Hipsters!

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 19:05 in Republicans, Democrats, history, americana, higher education, everything else, che guevara, rnc, education humor, gretchen wilson, college democrats, che mouse

  Thinking of those college Democrats got me in the mood to post Che Mouse. Countdown to Gretchen Wilson at the RNC? About half an hour. Don't forget to subscribe to the Education for the Aughts Podcast!...

• Do You Remember History? I Do. Sportswriters Tend Not To.

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 16:54 in Golf, history, americana, everything else, cooperstown, babe didrikson zaharias, linda lowen, lpga english only, lpga language requirement, lpga speak english, roy s johnson

  You know that old saw? That one about ‘those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it?’ [Hint: It was a chart-topper for George Santayana in 1904 or so.] Not everyone does. Remembering history has other benefits, too - when...

• Jericho Scott and New Haven’s Little League Handicapper General

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 17:11 in history, americana, miracle on ice, education news issues, harrison bergeron, moving picture institute, peter noble, 2081, jericho scott, connecticut education, handicapper general, milan muncie 1954

  Ahh, the meritocratic American Dream. It’s a beautiful thing until some moron stomps on it in the name of equity and fair play. The term “Handicapper General” comes from a Kurt Vonnegut story called “Harrison Bergeron.” ...

• The New Paternalism is the Old Education

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 16:45 in public schools, americana, paternalism, education news issues, charter schools, cristo rey, education policy, school administration, education media, books on education, kipp, american indian public charter school

  From Fordham, a new book on a hot topic: Today Fordham proudly releases David Whitman’s latest book, Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism. (We don’t subscribe to the Bush Administration’s maxim that, “from a ma...

• Breaking: Sherman Invades Georgia

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 17:20 in japan, georgia, history, russia, americana, civil war, port arthur, william tecumseh sherman, american civil war, ossetia, russo-japanese war, marching through georgia

  Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the Jubilee! “Marching Through Georgia,” which celebrates General Sherman’s Georgian campaign, has always had international appeal. During the Russo-Japanese War [1904-05], the Russians at Port Arthur heard ...

• The Education Olympics: We’re Losing to a Bunch of Friggin’ Finns

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 19:39 in math, public schools, americana, olympics, miracle on ice, education news issues, education policy, lake placid, education media, boston university, herb brooks, thomas b fordham institute

  Read on, lest ye think I’m a xenophobe. The greatest moment in sports history - professional, amateur, Olympic, any - was the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team’s Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid. Coach Herb Brooks assembled a team of college kids ...

• Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors

  Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 18:45 in country music, americana, everything else, dolly parton, porter wagoner, coat of many colors

  I’ve been distracted and busy - I’ll get back to posting and following up on some comments in due time. I’m eager to have a few of these discussions. For now, here’s Dolly Parton singing ‘Coat of Many Colors’ [YouT...

• Affirmative Action/Discrimination in Education

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 16:30 in teaching, hiring, history, public schools, americana, discrimination, higher education, affirmative action, education news issues, education policy, college admissions financial aid, education media

  The issue at The Quick and the Ed, and on Flypaper’s radar, is affirmative action. TQ&tE, in discussing Obama’s take on the issue, says: “I’m in favor of racial preferences in college admissions as long as the goal is to ...

• Education for the Aughts Podcast: Dennis Prager and Independence Day, Hillsborough County Grade Inflation, and Utica Area Schools Falter

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 08:15 in public schools, americana, florida education, grade inflation, education news issues, cooperstown, school law, arbor day, dennis prager, april griffin, independence day, school administration

  This edition of the Education for the Aughts Podcast addresses three topics: A look at patriotic curricula in public schools - what we had and where we’re not; Grade inflation in Hillsborough County, Florida; Lack of accountability in New Hart...

• Baseball Loses Russert, Asinof Near Hall’s Anniversary

  Posted on Friday June 13th, 2008 at 15:47 in americana, cooperstown, tim russert, baseball hall of fame, eliot asinof, hall of fame board of directors, national baseball hall of fame

  There is, and will continue to be, plenty of coverage of Tim Russert’s untimely death. Every network and article reports that Russert was an avid baseball fan; Russert was more than that. Russert served on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Boar...

• The $43.58 New York School Budget

  Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 13:54 in maryland, public schools, americana, education news issues, cooperstown, property taxes, worcester, new york state, upstate new york, education policy, decatur, school administration

  There’s a fuss around New York State about a proposed 4% cap on property taxes [or 120% of the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less]. Some of us are taxed a lot; others are taxed even more. My state senator, James L. Seward, has the good sen...

• Elton Britt: There’s a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

  Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 15:42 in americana, ww2, world war 2, american music, patriotic songs, elton britt, historical music, star spangled banner waving somewhere

  One of my favorite songs is Elton Britt’s “There’s a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere.” Penned by Roberts and Darnell, Britt recorded it in 1942. It was an instant hit. The song is sung from the perspective of a young man...

• Otsego County Schools: Route 59, Town of Hartwick

  Posted on Monday June 9th, 2008 at 18:49 in public schools, americana, cooperstown, upstate new york, hartwick, new york education, otsego county memories, otsego county, school consolidation, diantha dow schull, landmarks of otsego county, old school house

  This photograph comes from Diantha Dow Schull’s Landmarks of Otsego County, a tome of nearly 250 photographs that presents the quiet dignity of the area. From the text, p. 153: District school buildings were mandatory by 1812; each township was...

• Charlotte Valley School: Flagless

  Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 16:25 in public schools, americana, education news issues, cooperstown, memorial day, american flag, school administration, new york education, charlotte valley school, edgar whaley

  From today’s Letters in The Daily Star: I just returned home from another school event at the Charlotte Valley Central School in Davenport. Once again, at this event, there was no American flag displayed nor was the Pledge of Allegiance recited...

• Memorial Day

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 11:52 in americana, veterans, memorial day, american flag

  Don't forget to subscribe to the Education for the Aughts Podcast!...

• An American Trilogy

  Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 17:47 in elvis presley, americana, Tom Jones, everything else, memorial day, american music, engelbert humperdinck, an american trilogy, brolle and linda bengtzing

  Take it away, EP - you make a fine introduction to another Memorial Day Weekend. [RSS readers click here for video] An American Trilogy is one of the finest songs to express the complexity of Memorial Day, and Elvis’s version is the best. Sorry...

• Revisiting AERA, Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground and Public Education

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 16:20 in teaching, curriculum, public schools, terrorism, americana, education news issues, sds, education policy, education media, new york education, illinois education, weather underground

  Don’t you wanna just tousle the little scamp’s hair? I was tickled when eduwonkette said she’d link to a reaction piece re: Ayers, Petrilli and Millot. Time to do my part. Bill Ayers’ March election to the post of Vice Preside...

• 25 Years On, A Nation Still at Risk

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 11:42 in teaching, curriculum, public schools, americana, education news issues, george will, education policy, school administration, education sector, education media, 2mm, two million minutes

  From ED in ‘08: This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the landmark education report, A Nation at Risk, which warned that America’s weak education system was undermining American prosperity, security and society. Their rep...

• Absolut Historical Ignorance: Or, How I Learned to Love More Than One Book

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 14:18 in texas, teaching, Mexico, curriculum, public schools, americana, howard zinn, education news issues, absolut, education media, texas education, jim horn

  If you aren’t familiar with the concept of Reconquista, check it out here. It’s a term applied to many movements that, at the core, advocate for reclaiming real estate that one used to own, that one doesn’t own now, and that one wi...

• Cooperstown and Hartwick’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1

  Posted on Tuesday April 1st, 2008 at 17:14 in local history, americana, education news issues, cooperstown, cooperstown central school, james fenimore cooper, upstate new york, hartwick, new york education, state history, otsego county memories, glimmerglass

  I’ve gotten a wave of visitors who, coming from some sort of mailing list, have an interest in what I’ve written about the Cooperstown/Hartwick/Otsego County area. Hello and welcome - and remember, you can always give a call or send an e-...