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Why The IPad Matters

by Steve on 10, April, 2010

We’re hearing lots of hype about the Apple Ipad this week and I have to admit that after checking one out myself it’s a pretty impressive little tool.  The question of course is …. what kind of tool is it really? It’s easy to criticize it as just a blown up IPod, Ipod Touch,  Iphone, [...]

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8 Yr. Old Attempts Suicide – School Has Him Sign Contract

by Steve on 31, March, 2010

An eight year old with dyslexia goes to school day after day and gets bullied. Bullying classmates call him stupid, dumb, pick on him …. you know the drill. One day they pull down his pants in public. Eight year old has had enough and jumps out the window of the second floor.

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Stupid Education Reform

by Steve on 25, March, 2010

We talk a lot about educational reform on this blog …. this isn’t what we mean. Illinois State House Backs Four Day School Weeks This idea is so catastrophically stupid that the fact that a politician would come up with the idea …. much less approve it with a vote of 81-21 stuns me.  I’m [...]

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Graph: Enrollment Falling In SE Michigan Schools

by Steve on 20, January, 2010

Interesting graph that shows …. well, here check it out for yourself. Where are all the students going? Nobody’s probably surprised that Detroit lost so many students. What may be a bit more surprising is that the region itself lost roughly 15,000 students.

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Ooops! Nurse Confuses Insulin & H1N1 Vax

by Steve on 20, January, 2010

This is one of the reasons that I didn’t like the idea of vaccines being given in the schools.   It leaves the door wide open for mistakes due to folks not being familiar, or being overwhelmed, with the job that they’re trying to accomplish. It’s also a prime example of why as a parent [...]

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Clueless Principal Of Teen Who Shot Himself

by Steve on 23, October, 2008

“I’m on the yard at snack and lunch, and I don’t see any of it,” she said. “I can’t fix what I’m not aware of.”

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