This speech suggests our students are no more satisfied than we are with the regime of standardized testing. In the classroom, I once discussed this kind of success with my 8th graders. The reports had come in and we had done “outstanding” on the History test. Best in the district and as high as anyone [...]
Posts on ‘August 9th, 2010’
Stephen Colbert: Human Rights vs. American Rights
It wasn’t a stellar interview. Michael Posner appeared on the Colbert Report last week and, as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, he might have been better prepared for Colbert’s first question. Colbert’s question: What do these three things (democracy, human rights and labor) have to do with one another? Posner’s [...]
