Monthly Archives: July 2010

Dear Secretary Duncan: Stop the Rape of Social Studies in America

Dear Secretary Duncan: (We’re not that formal here in the Neighborhood…is Arne okay?) You may not know us, Arne, but we do know you. We know how your corporate mentality, go-get’em attitude and boardroom smile have wowed the spastic, slightly … Continue reading

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Videos for The Classroom: John Cleese on Soccer vs. Football

I found this on my friend Mark Himmelsbach’s blog–titled, oddly enough, the Himmelsblog.  It shows British comic actor John Cleese from “Monty Python” fame in a clip from the documentary The Art of Football from A to Z.  In this … Continue reading

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New York in a “Race to the Top”? See for yourself.

Yesterday the Neighborhood expressed its anger at the NY Board of Regents‘ decision to cut social studies testing in 5th and 8th grade this year.  Let’s contrast this measure with the loft goals specified by the board earlier. In March, … Continue reading

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