K2Twelve
Posts that were on my now defunct education blog, K2Twelve.
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Marita doesn’t need a brand-new school with acres of playing fields and gleaming facilities. She doesn’t need a laptop, a smaller class, a teacher with a PhD, or a bigger apartment. She doesn’t need a higher IQ or a mind as quick as Chris Langan’s. All those things would be nice, of course. But they
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We were fortunate to be among the latter-first in line to see the premiere of Soul Eater. We weren’t the first but we weren’t the last. We were just enough bodies away from the front of the line to not be among the first and just enough bodies ahead where we weren’t among the last.
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There is a certain level of showmanship expected from the world’s largest nonfiction media company. Begun in 1985 with 156,000 subscribers, the Discovery Channel has grown to 1.5 million subscribers under its present name, Discovery Communications. In addition, Animal Planet, Fit TV, The Learning Channel, the Military Channel, and the Science Channel are just a
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When I think about Singapore, I think of the curious accents of its citizens (speaking Cantonese and English). I think of school children in white button-down short sleeve shirts with starched collars because it is perpetually summer. But I can only imagine it being perpetually summer. I have never been there. As a teacher and
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The belief that centralization leads to greater efficiency is organizational fallacy. While it streamlines decision making and reporting, it does nothing to stimulate either processes. A centralized structure limits the organization’s vision to its executives, negating the meaningful firsthand experiences and voices of lower level directors and managers. I am curious to know the data
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There was a rally in front of my children’s school. Many children (despite having gone through a lottery and been placed in a Pre-K class at a school) are being told they can no longer attend that same school for kindergarten. It would be easy enough to tell my son that the DOE was run
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I came across these videos in a completely unrelated search. I have fond memories of watching Abbott & Costello movies on Sunday afternoons on WPIX in New York. Having taught math these routines are funnier than ever. Enjoy!
Vincent Young 