The Department of Education Just Celebrated It’s 44th Birthday. It Doesn’t Need a 45th
This week, the Department of Education turned 44 years old and marked the occasion with a post on X, formerly Twitter. The post garnered snarky, negative comments pointing out the dismal track record of the Department over the last four decades. Unlike a fine wine and my skincare routine, the Department of Education has not […]
Only 13% of 8th Graders Are Proficient in American History – We’re Seeing the Results
I went to what was considered one of the best public schools in Minnesota. However, I rarely had teachers show up to class, and the ones that did often phoned in their jobs by doing what I used to call “teaching from the VCR” (for my younger readers, that was a machine hooked up to […]