By [email protected] July 16, 2014 Uncategorized 11 Comments Like my colleague at okeducationtruths, I took a short hiatus from blogging recently to enjoy some time on the beach with my family. In case you are curious, I am embarking on an even longer (perhaps indefinite) hiatus from public dancing, so those of you requesting lessons will […]

Whenever I ordered Hideaway Pizza for our family while we still had teenage boys living in the house, I learned quickly to grab what I wanted before announcing “Boys, the pizza is here”; else I would be left looking at crumbs, empty boxes, and maybe a pizza crust or two. That’s kind of how I’m […]

In my previous post, I shared that I would be devoting the next few posts to the topic of writing new Oklahoma academic standards. I recognize that it is not necessarily the most exciting (or humorous) topic to be writing about during the summer, but it really is an important discussion for us to be […]

Whenever things don’t go their way, the modus operandi of school deformers like Janet Barresi is to fall back on the same tired rhetoric portraying school administrators and teachers as union hacks, liberals, “protectors of the status quo,” and anti-accountability. Therefore, after Tuesday’s humiliating third place finish in the Republican primary for State Superintendent, it […]

By [email protected] June 23, 2014 Uncategorized 2 Comments Over the past few months, I have benefitted from a constant supply of creative and often cutting cartoons from a friend who calls himself James Llewellyn Scott, or J.L. Scott, for short. If you knew who he really was, you would understand why he chooses to remain […]

By [email protected] June 20, 2014 Uncategorized 28 Comments I have made it clear before that I am not a journalist. As bloggers, we are governed by a slightly different set of rules. I am often hindered by the inability to reveal sources or compel people to provide me with information. For example, if I called […]

Let’s Sink the RS Breezy! By [email protected] June 19, 2014 Uncategorized 4 Comments Like many of you, I have grown quite weary of this seemingly unending cruise upon the Reformer Ship (RS) Janet Breezy. After watching the debate tonight, I might even be a little seasick! On nearly every measure, Barresi’s administration of the state […]

By [email protected] June 17, 2014 Uncategorized 5 Comments Human beings have the God-given capacity for incredible creativity, innovation, and genius. From our humble beginnings as hunters and gatherers living in cave dwellings, we have done rather well for ourselves. At the same time, humans also possess a seemingly unlimited potential for stupidity. There is “stupid” and then there […]