When I was an active blogging superintendent of schools, one the most popular features on the blog was “Friday’s Funnies.” This was the day I tried to share at least one funny story about children.
I know…it’s not Friday! But perhaps since it’s Monday you may need a chuckle more than ever. Here is one sent [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Humor'
Dog days of staff development
April 26th, 2009 2 Comments
One of my favorite blogs is The Principal’s Page. Written by Superintendent Michael Smith, this blog is upbeat and funny.
Here is one of his blog posts comparing the aspects of training his new puppy to conducting staff development. All in good fun.
Check it out. I am sure you will find something there to make you [...]
Tags: Humor · Principal's Page · staff development
Standardized Testing for Dummies
March 20th, 2009 No Comments
Has anyone ever interviewed high school students after they took a series of standardized tests? Did you ever get any of them to admit that they often play “connect the dots” to see what type of cool pictures they can generate within the given time allotments?
Here is a tongue-in-cheek theory for you to consider. Maybe THIS is why [...]
Tags: bubblesheets · education · Humor · NCLB · satire · standardized testing
Educational cliches!
March 20th, 2009 6 Comments
I was over at the Higher Ed Marketing Blog reading a post titled “Words and phrases that should be buried.”
It got me to thinking about all the educational cliches that start out meaning something specific but then the educational culture grabs them and waters them down until they mean so many things to so many people [...]
Tags: best practice · educational cliches · educational humor · educational jargon · fidelity · jargon · NCLB
