The Midsummer Classic
Last night in Philadelphia the American League defeated the National League 4-0 in the 96th Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It’s still the best of the major professional sports all-star games. I’m afraid, however, that the game has long outlived its moniker, The Midsummer Classic. A point made only more clear by its position sandwiched on…
Pipe Dreams
“The USMNT will be good enough to compete in the World Cup.”
“Soccer will finally take off and become popular in the United States.”
“The Maine Democratic Party won’t shoot itself in the foot this election cycle.”
“Large-scale test results can be used to inform instruction.”
All of the above fit the classic definition of…
America 250 – Coloring Within The Lines
It’s America’s 250th birthday. That anniversary has me thinking about US History and the Wizard’s quote from the musical Wicked, “where I’m from, we believe all sorts of things that aren’t true… we call it history.” One of the few things that’s clear to me about history is that the past is constantly changing. With that in…
Showing Some Love for the OG NAEP
It’s common knowledge that for technical and practical reasons I’m not a big fan of preserving NAEP trends. I’m a little suspect of trying to stretch test scales across decades back to the 1990s, let alone back to the 1970s. That being said, I’m also one who respects history and lineage. And as we emerge…
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“Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” – Albert Camus
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