For those not wasting their hours of Spring Break on the Internets, the state of New York just took a torpedo to teacher permanency/tenure. Peter Greene has the most heartfelt post on how this went down, but it’s all over the place. Read the rest of this entry »

It is with great joy and optimism that I share that I have won election to the position of Board Secretary in my local, Sacramento City Teachers Association, and re-election as representative to the State Council of the California Teachers Association. I look forward to continuing to serve my fellow education professionals. Read the rest of this entry »

A letter from a New Jersey Superintendent started making the rounds on Friday. The letter included the following:

• An alert by the state department of education, late at night, that there had been a “test security” breach.
• An inaccurate allegation by the state official that a picture of a test question had been posted on Twitter by the student.
• A request that that the student be disciplined (suspended).
• This involved input from the test publisher, Pearson.

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Being a little older (and wiser) I sometimes think back to those days after 9-11, and before we invaded Iraq, and the stories that were told about the threat that was posed by Saddam, the axis of evil, etc., etc. With hindsight it’s easy to say, “What the heck!?!”

I’ve been having my own WTH moments lately on social media, so I thought I’d glue it all together in a single post. Hope it turns out better than this:

Please beware that the language at some of these links is not family or work friendly…

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I haven’t had a chance to post about State Council, which took place a few weekends back. It was a hectic, but business-filled weekend, and I’m proud of my work there. Read the rest of this entry »