Almost everyone writing about education in the United States today focuses on the need for more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) workers. While there is certainly value in studying those fields, The Atlantic’s Michael Teitelbaum argues STEM isn’t about finding jobs: Among college-educated information technology workers under age 30, temporary workers from abroad constitute […]
“The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the development held no looming shadows and no gaunt silhouettes. It was invincibly cheerful, a toyland of white and pastel houses whose bright, uncurtained windows winked blandly through a dappling of green and yellow leaves … […]
There will be two days of the propaganda test, Tuesday and the Wednesday/Thursday block schedule: Wednesday for 6th Period, Thursday for 3rd/5th. Tuesday is over the major concepts and authors, including: George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language Chomsky and Herman’s The Manufacture of Consent Jacques Ellul’s The Characteristics of Propaganda Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death Data Smog, […]
Given the compressed schedule of the Smarter Balanced Assessment and concern about AP test preparation, I’ve decided to change the due date for the Propaganda research paper to May 20. You may still send me drafts before the final due date, other than during the Weeks of Doom AP test preparation. In exchange for this […]
Daniel Levinson and Erika Broadhurst argue that the threat of doctors abusing drugs, including drug use that involves reusing needles on patients, requires drug testing of doctors: Hospitals can do more to protect patients. Improved security, such as surveillance of drug storage areas, tighter chain of custody on drugs, and better tracking of controlled substances […]