You’re riffing on your favorite topic. Then the practical kid in the middle of the class raises her hand and asks, “Is this going to be on the test?” and it feels like your soul has been ripped from your body, curb-stomped, and then crammed back in sideways.
Of All the Public Goods they Hate, They Hate Public Schools the Most My Column in the Fort Myers News-Press 5/15/2026 I attended teacher school in the late eighties and early nineties, a few years after the publication of A Nation at Risk. This publication was based on research of dubious validity but served as a rallying […]
The background and factors involved in the Iran War.
An Explainer of our Global Oil System and its Consequences Curriculum Specifics The Background Are you driving? You may have noticed that filling that tank is a bit more expensive. Or maybe you are listening to your parents grumble a bit more at the gas station. Maybe you’re wondering what’s going on. Yeah! What the […]
On Ditching the Text and Subversive Teaching
Mr. A's Underground Classroom 