If you are a consumer of social media, by now you have likely heard Kanye West is back on twitter. Kanye West is no stranger to controversy, but it has been a while since he’s gone on a sustained twitter rant. The rants seem to occur bi-annually or every time he plans to release new…
Author: Andrew Pillow
NCAA Suggestions to Fix College Basketball Fall Short
If you follow sports, then you have likely heard about the many NCAA college basketball scandals over the last couple of years. In recent months, the college basketball landscape has been rocked by sex scandals, pay-for-play allegations, and academic fraud. This is compounded by the most controversial part of college basketball, the fact that players…
Chronic Tardiness Should Be Treated the Same as Absenteeism
You know that student that comes ridiculously late to school every day? The one that roles in right around 3rd period? You know, the one you constantly have to remediate on the previous day’s lessons because they weren’t present for half of it? That student should be treated the same as a student who is…
Betsy DeVos Is Dismissing Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases to Be More “Efficient”
By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (Betsy DeVos) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons One of the biggest responsibilities of the Department of Education is to examine equity issues with regard to issues like race, gender, disabilities or religious affiliation. As one could imagine, it takes a lot of resources…
School Is Not Supposed to Teach You Everything
If you read a lot of parenting and education blogs eventually you are going to come to an obligatory post about, “All the Things They Don’t Teach You in School.” Many writers use this as an opportunity to criticize absent minded teacher or “silly state standards” about how they could forget something so important. That…
Indiana Student Receives Perfect AP Calculus Score
When students are applying to colleges, advanced placement classes and credits are one of the few accomplishments that makes them stand out above the rest. Since 1955, The College Board AP program has existed. The rigorous tests are often used as a key benchmark for academic performance. So much so, that when a high school…
Why I Write: Andrew Pillow
I was not a very good student in school. I was told by my mom that I actually got good grades when I was younger for whatever that’s worth. Not that grades in 1st and 2nd grade don’t really mean as much but I don’t remember them. For all of my adolescence, I can remember,…
Top Five Resources to Teach Students Current Events
In this day and age, everyone should be keeping up with the news. With the advent of social media and digital news, no adult has any excuse to not know what is going on in the world. Knowing what is in the news is not just for grown-ups. Students should be in the know too….
Indianapolis Commemorates MLK 50 With John Lewis and Kerry Kennedy
Wednesday, April 4, 2018, marked the 50-year anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4th, 1968, King was in Memphis, Tennessee, organizing on behalf of sanitation workers. He was staying at the Lorraine Motel. It was there he was fatally shot by James Earl Ray at 6:01 p.m. Predictably,…
No, We Don’t Need a Men’s History Month
It’s Women’s History Month and I have been teaching my class about the accomplishments of women throughout history. While pretty much all of my students are receptive to the idea of spending extra time learning about women, some of them do seem a bit confused as to why we are doing it. Some even going…