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Why Learn Algebra? I'm Never Likely to Go There.

jabberjaw — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:27:39 -0800

EducationFilter: California becomes the first state to mandate all 8th graders take Algebra; in part because U.S. students constantly trail their peers from other nations in mathematics. At least one person thinks it's a bad idea ("If only 25 percent of this nation ever earns a college degree, why insist that all children take algebra in eighth grade?"). Here's the algebra curriculum 8th graders will have to learn. Here's a more in-depth story on it from the L.A. Times. This post's title is a paraphrased quote from comedian Billy Connolly: "I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra. I'm never likely to go there."

Send Me In Coach!

CameraObscura — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:28:43 -0800

High School Coaches outearning High School Teachers Texas high school football coaches in Class 5A and 4A schools (that's 950 students or more) earn an average salary of $73,804, while the average salary for teachers in those same schools is about $42,400. But hey, those Texas football teams are pretty darn good!

Chicago teacher runs his mouth on blog, angers students

bubblesonx — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:32:20 -0800

A Chicago teacher vents about the situation at his school on his blog and ends up angering the student body, fellow teachers, and parents.

teacher freakout!

mathowie — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:09:25 -0800

There are goofy news items every day, but once in a while you have some story that transcends them all. Teacher accused of ordering student thrown from window is quite possibly the silliest story I've seen this year. It's beyond the Onion. Teacher enters class and takes photo of students, one student objects, teacher makes a disparaging remark about the way the student looks and student hits an emergency button, then the teacher orders two boys to throw her out the window (where she suffered injuries). Best line about the boys "they threw the girl out the window because they did not want to be written up for disobeying a teacher."

P.S. 666

kozad — Wed, 03 Sep 2003 07:21:59 -0800

Ms. Gonick is a dooshe bag. Unfortunate experiences with a gaggle of teenagers in an enclosed space.

hijinx — Fri, 26 May 2000 14:42:12 -0800

Teacher shot and killed by student in Florida. Details are still sketchy, but he was a student of the middle school. A truly sad event.