Skeptophilia

The PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) test scores are coming in, and it ain't pretty. PARCC is ...

The time has come to ask what exactly the people in charge of overseeing public education are trying to accomplish. And I'm sorry, ...

Robert Heinlein said, "Never attribute to conspiracy what is adequately explained by stupidity."  I think this is a pretty good ru...

Why is it that the people trying to "fix the education system" seem hell-bent on making it worse? It's a mysterious phenomen...

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am no apologist for the Common Core.  I've seen its implementation in my own school distri...

I've been asked, at times, if I think it's possible that some conspiracy theories may be true. And my answer is: of course.  Human...

If you want to get a near-violent response from 98% of current public school students, about 75% of teachers, and unknown (but probably larg...