Many are blaming the “Common Core” teaching curriculum for the subject of this post but GorT might point at a more broad problem with our approach to education in this country. Plainly put, GorT thinks that teachers should be paid … Continue reading →
It’s always convenient to blame your personal failures on an omnipotent-yet-nebulous third party. As a representative of middle aged, taxpaying white guys with jobs, ‘Puter shares our happiness you have found a way to work us in to your pathological denial … Continue reading →
‘Puter hates public sector unions, particularly teachers unions. Teachers unions steal from their members, protect unqualified and predatory teachers and support work rules that have ruined public education. So long as teachers unions keep their ill-advised, asinine policy positions in … Continue reading →
Wow, Your Mandarin may have to take a trip to the opera! Your Mandarin’s son was given an assignment for his 5th grade music class the other day. Your Mandarin’s son had stated that some of his friends had started … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s teachers in high schoolwere Jesuits. And no Jesuit isas good looking as this fine, younglesbian child rapist. It’s been a long time since ‘Puter posted on America’s “education professionals” in action, too long perhaps. ‘Puter thinks he got bored, … Continue reading →
The only thing common to Common Core education standards is that there seems to be something in it to annoy everyone. Forward! Go all loyal student with Common Core teachings to make smart America for all envy of world! Unless … Continue reading →
A middle school principal in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has elected to cancel the honors students’s induction ceremony because it makes the other kids—who didn’t get good grades—feel bad. No, of course this is real. Instead, they will be honored during an … Continue reading →
“The educational paradigm has shifted from guaranteeing universal access to guaranteeing universal performance.” -‘Puter’s Tiny Local School District 2013-14 Budget Presentation PowerPoint** If the old saw is true — that a gaffe is when a government official accidentally speaks an … Continue reading →
Liberals want to have a “national conversation” on the subject of guns. Uh-oh! Whenever liberals want to have a national conversation about anything, what they mean is that they want you to shut up with your reality-based facts and figures … Continue reading →
Mrs. ‘Puter prepares to trap theescaped frog by, uh, … . Never mind.Dang, Mrs. ‘Puter’s hot, though. Did you know that according to the United States Department of Education, public school teachers molest children at nearly 100 times the rate of Roman … Continue reading →
And so Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is living large, now that he has bested the Chicago Teachers’ Union. Right? Well, not quite. Although the backlash against the teachers has been intense, the first major test of his ability to restore … Continue reading →
The Czar cannot promise that all aspects of Chicago Public School (CPS) politics will be very interesting, but today’s CPS strike is intensely fascinating if largely inside baseball. Here is our assessment. Never let a crisis go to waste, even … Continue reading →
Dr. (KN)J, our Royal Mathematician, writes in: O Most Dread and Noble, etc. If my recent conversations with public primary and secondary teachers are any indication, you have left a “blame arrow” out of your diagram. All the aforementioned teachers … Continue reading →
As most of ye know, many of your Gormogon spouses are either teachers or work in education. Not Mrs. Volgi. The Czar is not sure what she does, but it appears to involve an odd combination of vivisection, golf, and … Continue reading →
With Halloween just seventeen days away, what could me more frightening than the images of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins? Well your Mandarin suspects that the latest winner of the “Bootie” award is scarier than any imaginary monster. And the Boot … Continue reading →
Even saints have limits to their patience. The Царица, whom by now all of you know is a public school teacher in a very dicey suburb outside Chicago, has quietly and with much dignity absorbed the slings and arrows of … Continue reading →
Well, who doesn’t love someone smart writing in: Dear Czar, As I read your post entitled “Liberal Science“, a light dawned upon me. When you pointed out that reading began to suffer along with math and science, I was struck … Continue reading →
The Czar and your Mandarin were discussing the Obama personality disorder the other day, and yours truly suggested that he has all the mannerisms of the haughty teaching assistant who hates being challenged by a student. And, we see, that … Continue reading →
‘Puter spends a lot of time around here bashing teachers’ unions because, well, teachers’ unions so richly deserve bashing. Teachers’ unions exist solely to enrich their members at the expense of taxpayers and children, all the while claiming to champion … Continue reading →
Governor Andrew Cuomo has fast-tracked new, test score based teacher evaluations. Teachers’ unions have predictably reacted by saying, “ZOMG! OH NOES! UR KIDZ IZZ GUNNA BE TEH DUMMER BCUZ WE R BING EEVALYOOATED!!1!eleventy!!“ ‘Puter was listening to his local NPR … Continue reading →
That is, the California Federation of Teachers is equivalent to seminal gansta rapper, now actor, Ice-T. How’s that? Because they both support cop killers. The CFT actually supports convicted cop killer Mumia abu Jamal, ne Wesley Cook, as evidenced by … Continue reading →
The Царица, as most of you know, is a school teacher. Not surprisingly, many of her friends are as well. Last Sunday, we were at a birthday party for one such teacher’s little daughter, R. The mother asked the Царица … Continue reading →
Dear Czarman, I have been reading your comments on public schools, and I filter them by my relative’s experiences (by which I mean you’re spot on). She has taught in both public and private schools, but for some reason the … Continue reading →
As many of you know, the Царица is herself a public school teacher in a tough part of town to the east of Muscovy. She has been impressed with the yanked carpet the Wisconsin state Republican senators pulled on their … Continue reading →
Amidst all the public union foofaraw in Wisconsin and elsewhere, we hear the same mantra over and over. Teachers are underpaid relative to the private sector. ‘Puter always responds the same way. How do we really know what a teacher … Continue reading →
Volgi alerts all of us to an assessment of how US education spending compares to other countries’ spending per student, and where our performance falls. And falls is a generous word. If this doesn’t destroy every teacher’s union argument about … Continue reading →
In a follow up to the Czar’s recent post on home schooling your Mandarin would like to add to that neither home schooling or institutionalized schooling are the ultimate answer to educating our children. In reality it is a combination … Continue reading →
DEAR CZAR, OH HOW I CARE FOR YOU, What do you think of the proposed legislation that Illinois home-schooled students be registered with the state? Prima facie, it looks reasonable. I know that, in other states, they must meet certain … Continue reading →
This post has nothing to do with horny septuagenerians on a Viagra bender. Sorry to disappoint all of you German readers who got here through a filthy Google search. Readers know that ‘Puter believes the quality of public education has … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin would like to direct your attention to this article by Patrick J. Buchanan. Your Mandarin suspects that the article will send the educational industrial complex (the unions and Democratic politicians), the race baiters, and the progressives into an … Continue reading →
Well in yet another example of a teachers union putting its “members’” needs ahead of the students, we have this story about the Milwaukee teachers union and their fight to get taxpayer-funded Viagra back. According to the article a consultant … Continue reading →
♪ Entire towns with only one last name! ♪ ♪ Cross-eyed, slack-jawed, we all look the same! ♪ Apologies to all our Mountaineer readers. The Gormogons actually adore the state, and have at least one secret base in the mountains … Continue reading →
Operative JS has not checked in for some time, having been on special assignment deep in the Sudan. JS was told not to return unless there was proof of a deep underground spacecraft made of a living metal capable of … Continue reading →
‘Puter gives teachers’ unions an awfully hard time in these here intarwebs, and deservedly so. But until now, he’s avoided calling out teachers directly. Well, here goes. ‘Puter’s decided, on the basis of direct observation and recent experience that teachers, … Continue reading →
What’s a high school biology teacher to do when she gets fired for having a side job on a topless fishing charter crew? Why, start starring in pornos, of course. Ms. Shepherd states she’s “not particularly proud” of her porn … Continue reading →
Download: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to all school principals that POTUS Obama will speak to school children on September 8 on an unprecedented internet feed. Millons of school children will stop their day, gather in classrooms … Continue reading →
Here in beautiful Upstate New York, we have local school districts. And by local, I mean that there are 21 separate school districts in ‘Puter’s county alone. Each one of these school districts is funded primarily by property taxes and … Continue reading →
Ah, Michigan. You almost make ‘Puter feel good about living Upstate. Almost. Detroit’s public schools are in the hands of a turnaround specialist, and seem destined for municipal bankrutpcy (Chapter 9, for those of you keeping score at home). And … Continue reading →
Not As Good As You Think: The Myth of the Middle-Class School Buy it here. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →No, no Billy. Not the cello’s G string. I meant my G string. Does ‘Puter even have to resort to the “proper fingering techniques” joke? ‘Puter thought not. And which union is going to bail Ms. Proper out of this … Continue reading →
Massachusetts edition. Nearly three-quarters of Massachusetts proto-teachers failed the mathematics portion of the required state teachers’ licensing exam. It’s not like math is important or anything. From the comment section, here’s a practice exam for you dear readers to evaluate … Continue reading →
‘Puter was going to title this post “Dykes on Spikes,” but that would have been politically incorrect and insensitive to the feelings of our switch-hitting sisters from the Bay Area. Three — yes three — female physical education teachers from … Continue reading →
POTUS Obama has a plan to fix the American public school system. The Царица, by the way, is a public school teacher, and reacted quite negatively to this plan. Her opinion is that the Obama plan penalizes good teachers by … Continue reading →
‘Puter hasn’t revisited this topic recently, but this is just too good to pass up. In Utah, two female teachers were arrested for seducing their 13 year old student. Best part? Neither teacher knew they were sharing a partner. Good … Continue reading →
So, your Volgi is on record as saying that the Obamas’ sending their kids to Sidwell while opposing school choice is pardonable hypocrisy. I’m starting to rethink. Because apparently the one government program that needs to be cut in the … Continue reading →
We’re increasingly a nation of whiny little babies who don’t believe success ought to be earned. Ruben Navarrette, Jr. posts an excellent column concerning student’s growing sense of entitlement to success, regardless of ability. According the study cited by Mr. … Continue reading →
New York’s powerful teachers’ union is running commercials advocating an increased income tax on what they consider to be high earners (currently down to about $250,000). The tax would increase the current top state income tax rate from 6.85% to … Continue reading →
Move to Washington state, now the perfect place for teachers who like to make sweet love down by the fire with their charges! A three judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals just held that so long as the … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s a piker in compiling hot, horny teacher incidents compared to these guys. Behold! A (more or less) comprehensive list of all the female teachers who can’t keep their hands off their charges, along with pictures of the aforementioned sexual … Continue reading →
…to that same old place, sweet home Chicago? Chicago public school bureaucrats skirted competitive bidding rules to buy 30 cappuccino/espresso machines for $67,000, with most of the machines going unused because the schools they were ordered for had not asked … Continue reading →
Returning to a familiar, if hackneyed, theme. There’s comfort in familiarity in these trying times. So, kudos to you, seven horndogs at Spirit Creek Middle School outside of Augusta, Georgia! Not content to merely have love triangles with other faculty … Continue reading →
Friend of the Gormogons Jonah Goldberg has a good column today in which he channels both the Volgi: But you know what? Who cares? Personally, I would think less of the Obamas if they sent their kids to bad schools … Continue reading →
“Tenure is the holy grail of teacher unions, but it has no educational value for kids; it only benefits adults.” Quoth ’Puter’s inamorata, Michelle Rhee, chancellor of D.C. public schools. Terrific article on her in the WSJ here. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
…Sidwell! At Sidwell, the Obama girls will be following in the footsteps of Chelsea Clinton…. President Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia went to Sidwell. Vice President Al Gore’s son, Albert Gore III, graduated from there. Three granddaughters of Vice President-elect Joe … Continue reading →
Short answer: no. ‘Puter asks this question seriously. “Profession” is defined as “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation.” Based on this definition alone, ‘Puter would concede teaching elementary and secondary education is a profession. … Continue reading →
Poor D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Ms. Rhee inheirited a corrupt and failed public school system. Ms. Rhee, with admirable assistance from D.C Mayor Fenty, have tried to untangle the mess years … Continue reading →
It appears that once again, ‘Puter’s hypocrisy radar is fine tuned. Not that it took a genius to see this one coming. P.E. Obama seems primed to send his daughters to Georgetown Day School (tuition $27,945) or Sidwell Friends, not … Continue reading →
You know, what, ‘Puter, I’m giving the Obamas a pass on sending their adorable daughters to D.C. public schools. True, their party is in the tank for the unions that immiserate and miseducate everyone else’s kids (especially those of poor … Continue reading →
The District of Columbia Public Schools are, for the most part, a horror show, damaged by years of incompetent management and corrupt unionism. Into this toxic brew throw students “raised” by single mothers or grandmothers living in poverty. What do … Continue reading →
One of Upstate’s fishwraps actually gets around to looking at an issue that’s bugged ‘Puter for quite some time. Public workers are receiving their full salaries and benefits while doing no work for the public. The time spent not working … Continue reading →
C’mon. Really, California public schools? Kindergarteners need to be taught not to discriminate against homosexuals? And sign a pledge affirming their commitment to equal rights for homosexuals? How many kindergarteners do you know who (1) have a good working concept … Continue reading →
Meet Jaime Katheryn Steen, a 26 year old former ag teacher in Fort Stockton, Texas. The lovely Ms. Steen stands accused of sending pornographic text messages to several of her young male charges. She also seems to have bought her underage … Continue reading →
For the love of Pete. Literally. ‘Puter hates unions, particularly public sector ones. Here’s another stunning example of why. Can even the biggest union hack tell ‘Puter with a straight face that the lack of gay marriage is the most … Continue reading →
Hey, inside the Beltway Republican gurus! Wanna know why rank and file conservatives are starting to run screaming from you and your brand? Try this one on for size. The (for the time being) Republican controlled New York Senate made … Continue reading →
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, in its Fourth Movement, contains the well-known chorus Ode to Joy. The first words out of the choristers’ mouths are “Joy, thou shining spark of God.” ‘Puter’s taken a little license in the title of this post, … Continue reading →
How’s that again? A teacher in trouble? Never! Apparently not. One Steven Sanger, 40, formerly a science teacher and track coach at Byron Center High School in Michigan was convicted of upskirting a 15 year old student during class. No … Continue reading →
Teachers and unions. Unions and teachers. Put together lifetime tenure, unlimited dollars (pounds) from the public weal, and far left politics and what do you get? This. That’s right, America. Look forward to this well-reasoned position coming soon to a … Continue reading →
‘Puter hates unions. Particularly public sector unions. Most particularly teachers’ unions. Organizing against taxpayers, where taxpayers have no choice but to support the union (the government won’t let you take your tax money elsewhere) is fundamentally unfair, and should be … Continue reading →
What? No happy ending? Ah, teachers. Is there no end to the wackiness their depraved minds can come up with? Today’s recipient of the coveted Great Moments in Teaching Award is Ms. Donna Coulter, third grade teacher at Kissimmee Charter … Continue reading →
OK, ‘Puter knows this is not technically teaching, but ‘Puter did get an interesting education on the bus, so ‘Puter’s going to shoehorn this one into the Great Moments in Teaching series. And really, what teenaged girl hasn’t taken a … Continue reading →
Teachers are getting their naughty on early and often this school year. Nothing says “professional” like inadvertently showing your charges pornography on the classroom projector. You stay classy, teachers’ union! 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. … Continue reading →
Schools are becoming increasingly treacherous for all. Exposure to teachers has now caused school nurses to be unable to keep their hands off their charges. To be fair to the teachers, these incidents happened outside of school, so that makes … Continue reading →
Behold ‘Puter’s new girlfriend, Megan McArdle of The Atlantic! Why, you may ask, does ‘Puter need a girlfriend when he’s got Mrs. ‘Puter at home? Beacuse Ms. McArdle may be the person most simpatico with ‘Puter’s thoughts on teachers’ unions … Continue reading →
How in the tank for public sector unions are New York’s legislators, both Democrat and Republican? How arrogant and smarmy can those legislators be? Meet Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), the majority leader of the New York State Assembly. Silver invited his … Continue reading →
Ah, skanky teacher love. Older female teachers molesting their adolescent charges. The stuff of which dreams are made. Erin McLean ‘n’ Sean Powell 4-EVAH! Unfortunately, Ms. McLean had two problems: (1) she was married with kids; and (2) her lover … Continue reading →
Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the D.C. Public School System has told the teachers union local “It’s on.” Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post pens a story that ‘Puter wishes he could write about his local school district. And, best of … Continue reading →
Welcome back to school kids! It’s going to be a fun-tastic year here in good old Sodus Central School District in Upstate New York. Guess what? One of your teachers is going to be “transitioning genders!” Isn’t that great? No … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s typing hand is getting tired. Our latest entrant? Meet Ms. Autumn Leathers. Seriously. That’s not even her stage name down at the Klassy Kat, where she dances for the Canadian Ballet. And, as an added bonus, Ms. Leathers is … Continue reading →
Part of a continuing series. See the disclaimer. Teachers are at it again. Let’s just hope the union representatives will get this fine lady her job back after she finishes her jail time. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible … Continue reading →
In what is likely to be a recurring theme, ‘Puter’s going to take a look at wrongdoers in the world’s second oldest profession: teaching. We all know by now that ‘Puter hates hisself the teachers’ unions because they protect incompetents … Continue reading →
