Last week was the start of a new school year here in the overly-large school district, along with most of the others in Northern Virginia. The rest of the DC area began this week.
Photo Post – The Urban Landscape
This past spring, I took an online workshop called Photographing the Urban Landscape, from the Santa Fe Photography Workshops. I found the concept of picturing cities as “landscapes” interesting, very much new to me, and a fresh challenge.
Coding For All? Nevermind.
Not too long ago, we were told that every student in K12 should learn to code.
The “experts” said that computer programming had become an essential skill, not only leading students to good, secure jobs, but also building the “workforce of the future”.
Tradition
The following is a slightly-edited post from last year. A rerun but still relevant.
Today is Independence Day here in the US. And around our house we have a tradition for this holiday.
The End of Mass Testing
There might be a silver lining in the current administration’s campaign to trash the Department of Education. It might lead to the end of the modern era of standardized testing.
That era began, of course, with No Child Left Behind, the Bush Jr. administration’s 2001 attempt to replicate his “Texas miracle” from the 1990’s. Which was not at all miraculous. But W was never one to let facts get in the way of a good story.