Coach is ‘snake-bitten’
After their baseball coach said the team was “snake-bitten,” the Palm Harbor University High players took action, reports the St. Petersburg Times: They decided to ward off the losing streak with the...
View ArticleBlended learning: How does it work?
“Blended learning” — a mix of virtual and face-to-face instruction — is all the rage, endorsed by a 2009 Education Department meta-analysis. Education Week looks at how it works. “Everybody’s talking...
View ArticleA lesson in respect
After the Gunderson High basketball coach suspended five starters for tardiness, back talking and disrespect in late December, the whole team walked out. The San Jose school’s coach, Mike Allen, called...
View ArticleHigh school coach in trouble for sex book
A self-published book of sex advice and opinions has meant trouble for a high school girls basketball coach in suburban Chicago. Bryan Craig, also a counselor at Rich Central High School, resigned as...
View ArticleHigh school coach shoots armed teens
A Detroit high school coach shot two teens who attacked him as he was walking two female basketball players to their cars after dark, reports WXYZ. He killed one and wounded the other. One attacker...
View ArticleIn a word, yes
Is it fair to put the total blame on a student’s academic performance on his or her coach? That’s one of the questions with which Valerie Strauss (it must be a Strauss sort of day; my last post was...
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