The Education Board

This is the Education Board.  To introduce or discuss topics of general interest, please go to the General Message Board.  To discuss language, grammar, and related topics, please go to the Grammar Discussion Board.  To discuss and ask questions about English as a second language, please visit the ESL Board.  For discussion of literary topics, please go to the Literature Board.

The Education Board may be used to open discussions or to post thoughts (including short essays) on any topic relating to education.  This board is not exclusively for teachers but may be used by anyone who has an interest in education – which, I presume, includes just about everyone.  Commentary on schools, reminiscences, newsworthy items, controversies, and direct questions are all welcome.  The direction that this board takes is entirely up to the participants.

Students:  Please do not place homework questions here.  Anything that looks suspiciously like an attempt to get someone to do your homework for you will be deleted.  If you persist, your registration for the message boards may be revoked.

Anonymous posts are not allowed. 

To become a member of the Board (doesn't that sound impressive?), click "Join Message Board" (upper right corner) and fill in the form.  Once I approve your membership, you will be able to post and respond to topics here.  (Remember your login name and password.)  Important:  You will see a screen immediately, acknowledging that you have registered, but do not attempt to sign in until you receive a personal welcome from me.  I'm not here around the clock, and the rules require that I meet you at the door, so to speak.  I should normally do so within 24 hours of your request.

The registration procedure is merely a safeguard to prevent abuse.  A registered member may introduce any topic or may comment on one that has already been introduced.  My intention is to keep the board as open as possible so that we can develop a lively community of people with something to say.

NOTE:  If you wish, you may experiment with drafts and HTML code by using The Workbench before posting publicly.  (Instructions are on that page.)

The numbers that appear below are links to pages in the board.  They appear whenever the number of the threads exceeds the limit that can be accommodated by one page
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  Topic Posts Started By Last Post Date
Topic Invective language 1 Endi
Endi
4-Jul-2008 10:33 AM
Topic Long multiplication and division 14 Endi
Pogo
25-Jun-2008 11:24 AM
Topic Frustrations of "Professor X" 8 Sapninman
TheMudge
1-Jun-2008 02:39 PM
Topic "A moment of silence" 11 CeeBee
TheMudge
30-May-2008 10:41 PM
Topic Trivial Question About Pencils 7 TheMudge
CeeBee
10-May-2008 03:27 PM
Topic Can market forces fix education? 2 TheMudge
Pogo
21-Apr-2008 08:32 AM
Topic Innovative boarding schools 5 CeeBee
CeeBee
5-Apr-2008 08:40 PM
Topic A New Essay on Education 3 TheMudge
TheMudge
15-Feb-2008 09:54 PM
Topic Unpenalised errors 12 Endi
CeeBee
6-Feb-2008 11:14 AM
Topic Those olden, golden school days... 3 CeeBee
CeeBee
1-Feb-2008 08:00 PM
Topic Psychology and Motivation 7 TheMudge
CeeBee
19-Jan-2008 08:27 PM
Topic Relevance 7 Pogo
Pogo
31-Dec-2007 09:10 AM
Topic Only one foreign language choice for students? 2 CeeBee
Pogo
28-Dec-2007 11:57 AM
Topic True Story for Comment 7 TheMudge
Brenda
22-Nov-2007 02:59 PM
Topic A New Four-Year Plan 3 Brenda
TheMudge
6-Nov-2007 09:33 AM
Topic What Would You Do? 31 TheMudge
TheMudge
25-Oct-2007 12:11 PM
Topic Classroom size and type 6 CeeBee
Pogo
8-Oct-2007 12:35 PM
Topic Are Bright Kids Left Behind? 5 TheMudge
TheMudge
28-Sep-2007 07:25 AM
Topic Alerting a parent 3 CeeBee
TheMudge
24-Sep-2007 09:38 PM
Topic School uniforms 5 CeeBee
Pogo
24-Sep-2007 03:14 PM
Topic I laughed, but no one else did 2 Brenda
TheMudge
24-Aug-2007 09:36 PM
Topic NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND 7 Bradd
Brenda
14-Aug-2007 08:47 PM
Topic Education and Politics 7 TheMudge
Bradd
20-Jul-2007 09:07 PM
Topic What's a propaganda? 1 Brenda
Brenda
11-Jul-2007 09:58 PM
Topic Getting parents involved 3 CeeBee
CeeBee
24-Jun-2007 09:15 PM

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