Blog Title: Education for the Aughts - Matthew K. Tabor

Public Education Discussion on RFC Radio, Wednesday, June 17, 10pm EST

There will be an hour of talk radio dedicated to discussing the general state of public education in the US airing tonight, Wednesday, June 17th, at 10pm EST on RFCradio on Dr. Melissa Clouthier’s “The Right Doctor” show. The Right Doctor has an exciting guest for the evening - me - and we’ll be talking about read more..

Ma and Pa Kettle Prepare for Math Portion of Teacher Certification Exam

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Scholarships for the ‘Credit Challenged’

Oh, what a charming way to put it. It’s an unfortunate reality for too many students - and now there’s a program to help out those with pocks, blemishes, and downright disasters on their credit reports. SpendOnLife.com describes their scholarship program for the ‘credit challenged‘ as follows: “It’s our desire that every young adult has access to read more..

Language Help: CorrectMyText.com

I’ve written several times that foreign languages aren’t my strong point. I try to keep active a network of people I can go to when I need some sort of translation into English - or when I’m attempting to write something brief in a language other than English and I need to ensure that I’m read more..

University of Gloucestershire

The University of Gloucestershire has been in its current organization since 2001, though its history stretches back about 200 years. The University has three campuses in Cheltenham, one in Gloucester - and what a beautiful place that is - with another in London. Check out the video below to get a sense of the people and read more..

NEA’s Teacher Thank You Card

I rarely speak or write of the NEA in a way that would warm the cockles of that organization’s heart. Their lobbying efforts don’t warrant it. Individual teachers, however, shouldn’t be punished for their union’s misgivings. That’s why the NEA-sponsored Thank a Teacher website is worth a moment: On May 4th, NEA unveiled the [teacher thanks] mural read more..

Scoundrel Al Sharpton, the Bad Penny Happily Spent By EduWeenies

Yes, yes - ‘education is the civil rights issue of our time.’ If the 40,000 variations on that theme didn’t sink in during the 2008 campaign season, I get 140-character reminders often enough via Twitter. And when was the last time we saw any sort of civil rights crowd that didn’t have a well-coifed Al Sharpton read more..

Western International University

Western International University is popping up in the sidebars of quite a few newsletters and websites lately. WIU is just one of that massive wave of distance education services that have become more prominent in recent years, though they’ve been around for a few decades. The opportunities for outfits like WIntU to offer both brick-and-mortar read more..

“Once they got over the shock, students got hooked on the attention and the sense of purpose”

Greg Lippman and Jennifer Andaluz together provided the brains, muscle and elbow grease to found Downtown College Prep, the subject of Joanne Jacobs’ “Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds”. To get the ball rolling, they created a small summer institute that would establish read more..

“The complete lack of sugarcoating may seem harsh to outsiders, but students seem to appreciate the honesty”

Chapter 1 of Joanne Jacobs’ “Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds” introduces San Jose’s Downtown College Prep, a charter school serving mostly Mexican immigrant families. DCP takes underperformers and develops them to succeed at a 4-year college or university. From page 9: “”At DCP read more..