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Three Video Links In Response to Sandia HS’s New IB Program 16 Jan 2013 | 09:34 am
I like the International Baccalaureate idea. And I like the idea of educational folks ’round here trying new ideas, especially ideas that don’t involve every single school doing things exactly the sam...
More Wisdom From My Native State 15 Jan 2013 | 08:04 pm
Well, he is a week into the job, time to get to work for Texas U.S. House Rep. Steve Stockman (R: Friendswood): Just over a week on the job, freshman Texas Rep. Steve Stockman has threatened to push ...
Air 755, Beijing 0 13 Jan 2013 | 11:49 pm
Sports is all about numbers and “scoreboard,” and the sport I’m following most closely this weekend are those Air Quality Index (AQI) numbers from Beijing. Like most scoreboards, the cause/meaning of...
Oprah: The New Catholicism, Cycling Edition 13 Jan 2013 | 12:20 am
Increasingly, Oprah Winfrey has performed a reality TV version of the Catholic priest, and she one again dons the, uh, stuff that priests wear (I’m not terribly up on the whole Catholic Church accoutr...
Dear NM K-12 Teacher Evaluating Administrator 11 Jan 2013 | 06:08 pm
Have I told you lately that I love you? NM Governor Susana Martinez wants increased shows of teacher/principal love… While it does not call for an across-the-board salary hike, the executive branch’...
K-12 Cognitive Dissonance: Michelle Rhee 11 Jan 2013 | 06:34 am
The grades are out from Michelle Rhee, you know Michelle Rhee…and New Mexico sucks. Shocking, I know. Question is…if Rhee’s “Students First” boondoggle thinks we suck (caution: .pdf page), does that...
Needed: News-Reading Body-Armor 9 Jan 2013 | 06:03 pm
As one of the rare visitors to Burque Babble (and I have the statistics to prove it!), you’ve been on the Internet (yes, I know, profound insight). Maybe quite a bit. And you’ve probably noticed tha...
Maybe Teaching Writing Isn’t Such A Good Idea After All 4 Jan 2013 | 11:41 pm
The scene at NM Governor Susana Martinez’s presser shindig today… She also stressed the importance of education in making the state more competitive. On that theme, Martinez was treated to a story wri...
Ain’t Nothing But a Polka Fan 4 Jan 2013 | 07:34 am
I could blame it on Brave Combo, but eventually I have to “own” and take personal responsibility for my love of polka. I have no cultural connection to the genre, or to its widely loathed instrumenta...
In Which I Blame Frank Zappa For Everything: Part II 3 Jan 2013 | 06:09 am
Let’s see where was I…if only I could remember what I wrote yesterday. So it’s 1974 or ’75, my hair is Jimmy Page and my shoes are Elton John. As noted in the previous post, however, my small town Te...
