Leadership in Education: No Child Left Behind
October 1, 2009 by katemckeon · 15 Comments
Rewriting the No Child Left Behind Law is in process. If you have children in school this may be important to you. If you are childless, it may seem unimportant.
That couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Whether or not you have children, if you plan to be living in 20 years, how our children are educated [...]
Does Teaching Attract Liberals?
September 30, 2009 by katemckeon · 11 Comments
In the Education Leadership post a few days ago Rob commented that teaching attracts liberals. So let’s dissect. Is it true that teaching attracts liberals or is there something more going on?
There are a few ways to go through this. Let’s start with the premise that teaching attracts liberals. That premise is either true or [...]
Education Reform
August 18, 2009 by katemckeon · Leave a Comment
The strongest case for Education reform in the United States
Upon reading another author’s blog’s comments I was reminded how few people are put at the peril of the market in an obvious way, daily – i.e. they work for someone else, have benefits, and believe these things due to them. We need Basic Economics training [...]
Failure of Education System – Delusional Students
June 1, 2009 by katemckeon · 1 Comment
A rant about the failure of of educational system. Are our best and brightest simply delusional?
A suitor, Jay*, recently approached me about taking the GMAT. He knows that I teach for ManhattanGMAT (a super fantastic group!) and he was prepping to take the test on his own. I shared some general words of advice and [...]
