Public schools

When Schools Hire an Unqualified Scammer – HotAir

When Dazhon Darien was hired as the athletic director at Pikesville High School in Baltimore County Maryland last summer, the school felt like they had really landed someone special. After all, Darien had degrees from prestigious universities and more than a decade of experience as an administrator in higher education. He even had experience with […]

The Battle Over Algebra (and Equity) – HotAir

The article published today by the NY Times is titled “The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National Flashpoint.” So what is the Algebra problem exactly? If you dive in to that question you quickly discover that the problem isn’t algebra at all. Nothing is wrong with Algebra it remains a class that […]