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Great expectations.  Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).
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Looking out for number one.
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This is only a test.  Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).
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Another shot fired in the war against science.
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Borderline stupidity.  Guest commentary by Felice Prager.
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The teaching of English may not be dead after all.  Guest commentary by Nils Clausson.
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The physics classroom where science and superstition met.  Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.
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The virtues of work.  Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).
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The world according to señor Poje´.  Guest commentary by Felice Prager.
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Not so intelligent design.
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The rise of the critic and the death of the teacher. Guest commentary by Mike Grayson.
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Totally awesome in a groovy far-out kind of cool way, not. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.
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The back-to-school email blues (or the need for a Provost in absentia). Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.
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Is it time to establish more men's centers on college campuses?
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Students: Take care of business! Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

The twelfth annual Emperor's Awards. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Left behind: A wake-up call for education. Guest commentary by Trish Gannon.

California's teacher tenure reform initiative - a recluctant "No".

School reform - left, middle, and right. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Religion and literature in the Age of Bush. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Climate change McCarthyism.

The re-education of Cookie Monster. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Fighting the red menace.

Better than a dead grandmother. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Hellfire and school assemblies. Guest commentary by Beverly Carol Lucey.

Tolerance or lack thereof at the Air Force Academy.

I don't DO math. Guest commentary by Jay C. Oddafer.

Keeping up with the Jetsons. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

I know how much it costs to hear The Caged Bird Sing. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Calling a cigar a cigar. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Who's to blame for the high cost of textbooks? Guest commentary by James Beach.

Ward Churchill and my modest proposal. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

The myths and realities of public employee pension plans.

Jefferson's general religion. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Integrity - scientific, academic, and public.

Time for electives. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Mississippi west.

Embracing common sense. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Are we Sparta or are we Athens? Guest commentary by Brian Crouch.

Please waste your money on me. Guest commentary by Herbert Jack Rotfeld.

Congressional pork sinks the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.

A New Year's toast to common sense. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

2004:

Is there a link between teaching and research? Guest commentary by Nils Clausson.

Generations of fear. Guest commentary by Kathy A. Schaeffer.

Give him the money! Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

What's in a name? Guest commentary by Carolyn Segal.

Are the forces of darkness on the march?

The death of postmodernism? Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

I'm the Teacher, You're the Student by Patrick Allitt. Guest commentary by Beverly Lucey.

Name that loon. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

On bookbags (heavy) and modern life. Guest commentary by James R. Brown.

My son, the SAT guinea pig. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

The eleventh annual Emperor's Awards. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Charting the charters.

Sizing things up. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Whajaget? Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Absence makes the teen grow smarter? Guest commentary by Marilyn D. Davis.

Environmental education.

Amazing Grace? Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

Hidden costs - education in the age lawyers. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Pinsker on office hours. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Reagan - the ultimate salesman.

High-stakes testing - the view from the "right coast". Guest commentary by Steve Klass.

To the class of '04 (A commencement address not given). Guest commentary by Robert McHenry.

Testing. Testing. 1,2,3 testing. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Algebra for all?

Actualizing in our classrooms. Guest commentary by David B. Shields.

In the trenches with the California High School Exit Exam. Guest commentary by Elise Vogler.

Standing up to the ayatollahs of Westminster.

The Excuse Machine. Guest commentary by Beverly Carol Lucey.

Rubric's cube. Guest commentary by Jason Berry.

Connecting the dots - education, outsourcing, and terrorism.

I jumped the biggest turtle. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

What sends us back to the basics? Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Stop teaching my kid. Guest commentary by Elise Vogler.

Research in predominantly undergraduate colleges and universities.

Real math - what if they gave a test, and nobody passed? Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Interesting! Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Doing the Texas two-step.

No surprises? Guest commentary by Craig M. Newmark.

Waste, fraud, and abuse not!

Valor, common sense, and the right answer. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

2003:

Noted pork buster reverses his position on academic pork.

Grading standards that students can understand. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Where was I? Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

The great American English class. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Making the most of adversity - or how to improve quality in the face of budget cuts.

Another route to grade inflation. Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

Harsh advice. Guest commentary by Conrad Geller.

So much for individual attention!

Progress in the wrong direction. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

What do you teach best? Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Ahhnold the educator.

Looking for trouble. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

How to tell the good teacher from the bad. Guest commentary by Nils Clausson.

While the cat's away, the mice rats will play.

SOLomon's wisdom. Guest commentary by Pamela Matlack Klein.

We don' need no stinkin' gifted programs! Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

The bachelor's degree - a new entitlement?

The book not taken. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Language and music. Guest commentary by Ben Carter.

A sea change in the California State University system?

That's not a knife. This is a knife! Guest commentary by Erik Deckers.

A nation still at risk?.

A novel idea - guest commentary by Beverly C. Lucey.

Who's Teaching Your Children? by Vivian Troen & Katherine C. Boles - a review.

The veracity of vocabulary - guest commentary by Marilyn D. Davis.

The gospel of inclusion - guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Grade Inflation by Valen E. Johnson - a review.

Teachers beware: corporate America has invaded the schools! Guest commentary by John F. Borowski.

My personal dactyloscopy. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

The finals buzz. Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

It's cheaper to send someone to Penn State than to State Pen!

Widgets and other misunderstandings. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Reply to "Yet another attempt to lower teacher preparation standards in California." Guest commentary by Perry Marker.

Yet another attempt to lower teacher preparation standards in California.

How I almost became a celebrity intellectual or my "Factor" fantasy. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

The top five education related things that bugged me since I woke up. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

The affirmative action war heats up.

In praise of students. Guest commentary by Beth Clarkson.

Charlie, perhaps it's time to go.

History and the heirs of the republic. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

I don't know HOW to read this book! Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

The not so public university.

Will research-based reading instruction prevail? Guest commentary by Patrick Groff.

Got duct tape (a tale of eleven highlighters)? Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Judith, say it isn't so!

Gimme an 'A'... or else! Guest commentary by Erik Deckers.

Something's not computing here.

The Lake Wobegon effect - all our high school graduates are "above average".

Grade complaints at the speed of light. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Significant improvement. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

2002:

Academic pork - $1.8 billion and rising.

Merry Christmas Happy Holidays. Guest commentary by Beverly Carol Lucey.

Don't ask Marilyn!

Mathematical cartwheels. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

The Disappearing Cemetery -- a review.

Life's equations. Guest commentary by Roberta Beach Jacobson.

The dangerous myths of Alfie Kohn.

No experience desired. Guest commentary by Poor Elijah (Peter Berger).

Part-time faculty - higher education on the cheap.

History on purpose. Guest commentary by Tom Cordle.

Censors and scissors. Guest commentary by Beverly Carol Lucey.

"Scrubbing the Web" - a step backwards in HIV/AIDS education.

Thought control in disguise?

The new SAT is to snow as winter is to Arizona. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Got shots? Guest commentary by Eric Eaton.

Fiat lux not! The new California "master plan" and higher education.

Confessions of a non-bungler. Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

A one size fits all straight jacket.

The new "master plan" for education in California - myths and realities.

College admissions in the era of political correctness.

Doing the math (life's not fair). Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Students - partners not customers.

Grade inflation: the "customer" is not always right. Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

Give us this day our "dailyjolt.com," or student evaluations reach rock bottom. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

The organizational chart says it all!

Wow them with wonder, but keep your politics at home! Guest commentary by Pamela Matlack.

Political correctness run amok!

Scopes revisited? The Kansas Board of Education's 1999 decision on evolution. Guest commentary by Tina Blue.

Uncivil discourse.

Waiting for a better excuse (or fear of the run-on sentence). Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

A response to The Irascible Professor's commentary on the California teacher shortage (May 3, 2002). Guest commentary by Perry Marker.

Evolution and education. Guest commentary by Beth Clarkson.

The California teacher shortage - recruitment or retention crisis?

Can we go home early? Guest commentary by John Sheirer.

Bad science. Bad, bad science. Guest commentary by Beverly C. Lucey.

The political implications of modern reading research.

Who needs chapter one? Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

The buck starts here. Guest commentary by Remy Benoit.

The faculty hiring crisis in the California State University system.

Two cups of coffee, a student, and a table. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Now I'm just amused - Nixon Redux.

"Kewl Ur Jets! This Aint Skool". Guest commentary by Felice Prager.

Headlines to ponder at Krispy Kreme U.

Survey, survey? We don't need no stinkin' survey!

Unity and the university - listen up Charlie Reed, listen up!

Grade inflation and me. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Grade inflation - myths, reality, and consequences.

36% of California State University freshmen can't read at college level.

Educator pension funds lose big in Enron collapse.

"Teacher rabbits" - another view on computers in the classroom. Guest commentary by Beverly C. Lucey

"Disagreeing" disagreeably at Cal State Sacramento. Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker

Harvard's loss, Princeton's gain?

2001:

How to write the "perfect" college admission essay; and, Technology Implementation Committee: No, thanks. Two guest commentaries by Conrad Geller.

Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classsroom - a review.

Lynne Cheney's thought police are in action again.

Perverse incentives and corporate delusions in the administration of the California State University System. Guest commentary by Robert H. Daniels.

Results of the IP's survey on higher education in the United States.

Teaching Hemingway's In Our Time in our time.  Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Student visas and national security.

Back to the future: Residential colleges and the reform of campus life.  Guest commentary by Robert J. O'Hara.

An IP survey.  Your chance to tell the Irascible Professor what you think about American higher education.

The sleeper education story of the year - Williams v. California.

My modest experiment and my Dean.  Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

A presidential puff at Krispy Kreme U. - guest commentary by an anonymous colleague.

A real world education - guest commentary by Tom Cordle.

The knowledge war.

September 11, 2001 - a day of infamy.

A disgusting spectacle!

School reform?  Ask the teachers.  Guest commentary by Georganne Spruce.

Fresno dump added to list of National Historic Landmarks by Bush Administration.

The righteous an' the holy behind the Orange Curtain.

Worrying about Professor Joseph Ellis and myself.  Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Unfit to teach.  Guest commentary by Tom Cordle.

Campus fire safety.

Fantasizing about my last faculty meeting.  Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Charter homeschool funding - the California debate.

Imagine year-round schools.  Guest commentary by Beverly Carol Lucey.

BA and MA degrees in astrology!  What are they smoking in Seattle?

Technology and tolerance - is it a gay thing?

Teach me to pray.  Guest commentary by Tom Cordle.

Who owns my grades anyhow?

Two views of affirmative action.  Guest commentary by Russell Eisenman with a response by the Irascible Professor.

Inside Charter Schools - The Paradox of Radical Decentralization - a review.

Isms, religions, and myths of origin - Darwinism in the schools.  Guest commentary by Ben Carter.

America's crumbling schools and the Bush education budget.

High stakes testing - will it teach students to think?  Guest commentary by Brian Crouch.

Now this IS your father's Harvard!

The "three R's".  Were they really all that good?  Guest commentary by Tom Cordle.

Controlling administrative bloat in higher education.

A father looks at fifty...and his children's education.  Guest commentary by Skip Corsini.

Double standard at Krispy Kreme U.?

I swore I'd never say... .  Guest commentary by Ihla Nation.

Texas "energy bandits" lose a round.

Assembly Line Education.  Guest commentary by Remy Benoit.

Salmonella burgers!  Is that Dumb-ya or not?

The Horowitz Hustle.

The game show of standardized testing.  Guest commentary by Beverly Carol Lucey.

How to steal a college.

Failing public schools?  Who says?  Guest commentary by Conrad Geller.

Gifted and talented education - a forgotten stepchild.

Un-SAT-isfactory.

Let's just call 'em "The Gringos".

The case of Kennewick Man - identity politics and science education.

The United States is losing the race.

But this is not good enough!

Science education and the dilemma of "high-stakes" testing.

Science teaching as a subversive activity.

This is not your father's Harvard.

Is the AAAS unfair to independent online journalists?

Building Wealth - The new rules for individuals, companies and nations in a knowledge-based economy - A review.

The "book burners" are still alive behind the Orange curtain.

Power to the people!

A "merit-pay" plan with precious little merit.

Ring around the mollybarry bush.  Guest commentary by Scott Rice.

2000:

Ban the campus credit card vultures.

Learning disability - handicap or privilege.

A tale out of school.  Guest commentary by an anonymous colleague.

The town that Andrew Carnegie missed.

BYU bans heavy metal.

The education election.

Can't Pass?  Blame the Test! Revisited.

Pork-barrel politics in academia.

Gems from the mailbag.

A response to our review of Taming the Beast.  Guest commentary by Jason Ohler.

The voucher battle - public debate over privatized education.  Guest commentary by Mark Karadimos.

Is Big Al a no-account on accountability?

Dubya's doubletalk on vouchers.

Reflections on year one.

Let's fix our schools now - Yes on Prop. 39!

Is the California voucher campaign buying votes?

The IP challenges Bush and Gore on education.

Are we asking too much of our schools?

Them's as has gets.

Comparing the Republican and Democratic Party education platforms - differences.

Comparing the Republican and Democratic Party education platforms - similarities.

The incredible shrinking endowment!

Taming the Beast - Choice & Control in the Electronic Jungle - a review.

Process vs. Substance at Portland State.

Follow the money - the University of California pension fund money, that is!

The school improvement debate - a no-holds-barred analysis of school reform.  Guest commentary by Mark Liberator.

The Social Life of Information - a review.

Where have all the boys gone?

Redemption at Texas A&M.

The commencement follies.  Guest commentary by Sanford Pinsker.

Academic freedom vs. college speech codes.

Will privatization lead to fair pay for teachers?

CSU Fullerton, the campus where audits are preeminent.

A few thoughts on commencement.

Innovative methods combined with high standards = great teaching.

Resign Bobby, Resign!

Tax breaks for teachers - the dumbest idea yet!

Who should get the scholarship? - Guest commentary by James M. Pierce.

Voucher, Voucher, Who's Got the Voucher?

"Tradition" leads to tragedy at Texas A&M.

It's time to reform college athletics.

The Feel-Good Curriculum: The Dumbing Down of America's Kids in the Name of Self-Esteem - a review.

Courage at Kilgore.

The growth of the administrata.

Another dirty little secret from the "University" of Phoenix.

Choosing a future.  Guest Commentary on Distance Education by Jerry Farber.

Getting students to use seatbelts.  Guest commentary by Peter Vajk.

Can't pass?  Blame the test!

Charter schools: the good, the bad, the ugly.

A radical solution to the remediation problem.

The great American campus water scam.

The uncertain promise of technology in teaching.

The growing gulf between administration and faculty in the CSU.  Guest commentary by Michael Gregory.

Are these really the 100 best high schools in America?

Penny wise and pound foolish - school fire safety.

30 years after the first man stepped onto the moon.  Guest commentary by Gisela Hausmann.

Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students: a review.

The view from inside the Beltway.

The silly season - Politicians on education.

Putting the bite on incompetence.

Ethical challenges.

Dirty little secrets of the "University" of Phoenix and other "for profit" education vendors.

Will PeopleSoft sink the CSU?

The "marks" of a college graduate.

1999:

Student evaluations of teaching - Are the inmates running the asylum?

Cover-up at Cal State Fullerton?

Is there a Hyundai in your future?

Distance Education - Do they really think we are that dumb!

The Math Wars - it's the teachers stupid!

Let's fix our schools now - Yes on Prop. 26.

Assessment; Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.  Guest commentary by Jerry Farber.

And the Irascible Professor's award for stupidity goes to... .

Pepsi schools: selling our students to corporations.  Guest commentary by Scott Rice.

And the Newt Gingrich medal for good conduct goes to... .

The dog ate my homework, again!  Guest commentary by Leigh Palmer and Oren Quist.

The prisoners of Coto de Caza.

The ETS is always right!  Guest commentary by Arlyn DeBruyckere.

Teacher education.

Science vs. Religion, guest commentary by Johan Kuno.

How not to close a salary gap.

Innumeracy.

How to guarantee a full house at your next play.

Social promotion and grade inflation.

Witch hunts alive and well in northern California school district.

Evolution.

Grade inflation.

Why the "Unz"-man is wrong on bilingual education.

A question of ethics.

Mars Climate Orbiter loss traced to confusion between metric and English units.

Why our students can't write.

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