Comments on: An open letter to teachers and school administrators of America https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Alcari https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544041 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:18:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544041 That’s… quite amazing

I live on the other end of the fragging Atlantic ocean and I knew about it :s

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544040 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:28:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544040 Actually, the Roseville School District, I remembered after I wrote the letter, has no kids beyond 9th grade in the HS, as it is frosh orientation. It is the first day of class for everyone else.

]]> By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544039 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:56:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544039 Minnesota isn’t alone. My wife works in the administration (curriculum and professional development), and nobody there knew about it until after 3:00 p.m. yesterday (September 3), and then only when calls from irate parents came in (“i don’t want my kids indoctrinated”, “i’ll cause problems if you air it”).
I’m not sure what will happen in our district because, due to a law that forbids public schools from starting until after labor day (can’t have education interfering with vacation), school begins tuesday and it’s only a half-day, so kids will probably be gone by the time he’s on. offices are closed today, so i don’t know if it will be aired later in the schools here, or never.

]]> By: michael Spencer https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544038 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:41:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544038 Am I living in bizzaro-world?

The fracking PRESIDENT wants to address the kids, and exactly WHY aren’t people just tickled pink about it and falling all over themselves to make it happen??

There are times when my-world and the-world are just completely and inexplicably out of sync. Like now.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544037 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:54:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/03/an-open-letter-to-teachers-and/#comment-544037 The Becker School District has decided not to air it “live,” but to make it available for later viewing. What was it about political correctness again? They don’t want to offend parents or to disturb them because the topic has become “politically charged.”

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