Real Personalized Education

Real Personalized Education

Throwing Our Babies Out with the Bath Water  Americans live and work in a “throw away” society.  We literally throw tons of things and people away sooner or later…most often sooner.  Worse yet, we are...

School Lunches and Mental Health

School Lunches and Mental Health

School Lunches and Students’ Mental Health This week’s school lunch menu: Monday     Refried Puke Tuesday Fajita Cat Food Wednesday   Anti-Atkins Thursday   Slopasta Friday     Monster...

Clean Slate Giving in School Discipline Efforts

Clean Slate Giving in School Discipline Efforts

Got to Have a Clean Slate Baby  I got to have a clean slate baby, I’m goin’ to wipe away all my mistakes -Tower of Power When looking back over your life, or even a season, have you ever even once wished you...

In Search of the Good Parent

In Search of the Good Parent

In Search of the Good Parent  You’d think after 3 decades working as a teacher and then a school principal that I’d have found more than a few good parents along the way.  And I did.  A lot,...

Infant Emotional Disturbance and PKU

Infant Emotional Disturbance and PKU

Infant Emotional Disturbance as Early as PKU “Waaaaaaaaaah!” my newborn screamed when the nurse poked her heel.  And “waaaaaaaaaaaah!” she continued, even thirty minutes later.  Seeing the trauma of...

"Pedagology:" A New Science of Education for Today's Learners and Schools

"Pedagology:" A New Science of Education for...

"Pedagology:" A New Science of Education for Today's Learners and Schools "Pedagology" is my name for a new science of education.  And it's good for what ails U.S. students, and for what's most lacking in today's...

Ghosts of Education Past Hurts More than Tiny Tim

Ghosts of Education Past Hurts More than Tiny Tim

Ghosts of Education Past Hurts More than Tiny Tim Is the traditional approach to schooling, classrooms filled with desks and teachers talking up front, no longer working? Are the ghosts of education past actually hurting, rather...

Blaming Parents, Finally

Blaming Parents, Finally

Who’s Really to Blame for Failure in Education? “If your kids are disrespectful little shits, parents, it’s your fault,” said George Carlin.  There.  It’s finally been said.  It’s...

The Low Down on Vaping and Your Kids

The Low Down on Vaping and Your Kids

The Low Down on Vaping and Your Kids The Food and Drug Administration lists “vaping” as one of several electronic nicotine delivery systems, including e-cigarettes, e-pipes, hookah pens, and vape pens, and is in the process...