Miscellany on MLK Day

January 19, 2015

Spitting in Martin’s eye

by Steve Timmer

The car salesman from Crown

December 30, 2014

You want the undercoating, right?

by Steve Timmer

Let’s show our schools some love

November 10, 2014

With the midterm elections behind us, along with a local school board election that saw a geometric rise in spending, it might seem an inopportune time to discuss education policy. Then again, outside the odd hyperbole and coded language of campaigns may be just the right time and place to step back for a clearer […]

by Rob Levine

Let the little children suffer

April 9, 2014

By bringing them to me

by Steve Timmer

Consider Roger Chamberlain

April 4, 2014

Lightly armed in the battle of wits

by Steve Timmer

Bullshit and bellow: Deformers aim to destroy traditional schools of education

April 4, 2014

It’s pretty clear from a recent broadside published over at the website MinnPost that, like teachers’ unions, the education deformers also want to destroy Minnesota schools of education. Written in classic conservative movement* bullshit and bellow form, the MinnPost story breathlessly reports the pass/fail rate in professional tests for graduated education students for schools across […]

by Rob Levine

No, YOU’RE going to hell!

March 11, 2014

Reining in the schoolyard evangelists

by Steve Timmer

You didn’t just say something that vacuous Hann, really, did you?

March 5, 2014

Sen. Hann says an incredibly stupid thing

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Branden Petersen learns his lesson

March 4, 2014

And learns it very well

by Steve Timmer

The Mistress of Troubling Signs is back!

February 28, 2014

Beware teh Gay!

by Steve Timmer

The Manchurian Candidate

February 18, 2014

Bringing the Broad message of “maximum disruption”

by Steve Timmer

How did this happen?

February 17, 2014

In Whatever’s wrong . . . , I suggested to Mayor Chris Coleman — who’s urging the teachers not to strike — to look at staffing levels for teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians and ask, “How did this happen?” Here’s a hint, Mr. Mayor: Perhaps some people like it that way. It furthers the school privatization agenda. […]

by Steve Timmer