Education – My Media Diary

You’re Pregnant, You’re Fired – Why Teachers Have Unions…For Now

By Ken Noble | March 23, 2014 - 10:35 am |March 23, 2014 Education, News, Nostalgia

Dr. Ken Noble followed his Depression-era parents into the teaching profession in Royal Oak, Michigan four years before Governor Romney (R) signed a law permitting collective bargaining for public workers. In 2010, Ken shared his perspective with teachers struggling with the need for a teachers union in a district that would eventually impose an historically severe retroactive pay-cut on its teachers.

Do you have a “beautiful question” you’d like to share with the world?

By Warren Berger | March 14, 2014 - 7:14 am |March 13, 2014 Books, Culture, Education

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Today, March 14, is “Question Day 2014,” in honor of that master questioner Albert Einstein, who was born on this date, 135 years ago. Einstein is known for his curiosity and passion for questioning. He told us, “The important thing is not to stop questioning” and urged us to “Question everything” and “Never lose a holy curiosity.”