It's Carnival Time

Welcome to the 90th Carnival of Education. I hope you enjoy it. I know I enjoyed putting it together. As you read this blog remember that you learned everything you need to know in kindergarten.

Onto the Midway!!!!

A Textbook Case in Textbook Adoption is up at Third Education Group Review. Go take a look at the inside world of textbook adoption.

Before there were horses and buggies, but now there's high speed interconnectivity, so there must be New Lessons in Higher Ed, lessons that teach people how to survive in a flat word - so says Wenchypoo.

Cultivate Greatness might consider this podcast entitled "A Definite Chief Aim" from Napolean Hill's podcast series great. Do you?

Definitely RA writes Soapbox E-mail. She balances the importance of the college admisions process against the importance of the first post-college job search, in response to a recent morning show segment. Read it to see if the blogger's points merit a soap-box to stand on. (I think they do if that means anything.)

Evolving Education treats us to Good Math Students Happy Math Students. When our students are happy in class they'll try to do better in class.

Fraudfiles submits what she thinks is "Another example of Milwaukee's Failed Public Schools."

Green Rising tells us about Environmentally Friendly Universities.

Homeslice, that's Dr. Homeslice to you treats us to Charters vs. Unions: The Kitchen Debate.

"Include some of my decription with my post," What It's Like on the Inside requests. This post, entitled "Baby Steps," is about developing a tool for our elementary teachers to use in order to apply standards based grading in science for their students.

Jack's parents started him a year later in school because they thought that it would help him get ahead. Read about it at our Carnival's founder and prime-mover, The Education Wonks.

Kultural Kids Blog writes about the "Importance of Scribbling in Child Development." Have you ever stopped and thought about how important scribbling is? Read this and you will.

Life Without School Blog offers The Self Directed Learner: Ryan's Story by Marsha Ransom. Read it to find out why Ryan's a lucky boy.

Margaret at the Poor Starving College Student presents The Report on College Graduation Rates of DC Students.

Next week's Carnival of Education will be hosted by Carol at The Median Sib Submissions should be sent to carol at themediansib.com, or use the carnival submission form. The Deadline is Tuesday, October 31, no later than 6:00 p.m. Eastern.

October, that's Christmas in October! September's California Educator Magazine Arrives at Right on the Left Coast's place. This blogger responds to what he considers to be inaccuraces and propoganda in the magazine.

Primack, that's Dr. Brian Primack has demonstrated that teaching media literacy can have a profound effect on making sure that teens don't start smoking. Read about it at Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments.

Questions are at the core of Best Practices for Learning, according to Texas Ed: Comments on Education from Texas.

Reality Sets In, according to Teaching in the Twenty-First Century when you you actually visit an American school in which Mexican children are being educated.

Storytellers, particularly those who follow Stephen King, will love Stories that Make You Go What, submitted by next week's host, The Median Sib.

They're Banning What? is up for review at And Gladly Wolde (s)he Lerne. Kids can't play tag anymore!!

Uncaring students. How many of us have them? Scheis Weekly writes about students who don't even bother to show up for class in I'm More Than Fair But I Ain't Your Mother.

Very, very wealthy. That's Bill Gates. He's got a lot of money but is he starting to abandon small schools. That's what NCLB: Let's Get it Right considers.

Why Textbooks are Getting So Large is the question of the day at Beautiful Biology: Ramblings of a Science Teacher. Man, I'm glad I don't have to carry that backpack anymore.

Xtra Xtra: Information about Next week's carnival can be found under N.

You Tube's made it onto the Carnival. This short clip has nothing to do with education as KauaiMark points out. But, it's interesting enough. Plus, it's carnivalish. I can now say that I've seen You Tube.

Zoologists and naturalists, biologists and chemists should all use the scientific method. But Hunblog wants to know if we are properly teaching our students about the scientific method in the best ways. What do you think?

A+ What does it mean for a school to be A+? In Praising the Wrong Schools, Friends of Dave suggests that the public should reconsider how it evaluates schools.

Blogging guest, Teachergrll considers Walk Throughs: Are they Worthwhile or a Waste of Time on the District 299 blog.

C In this post, tdaxp writes, "Students are evolved genetic organisms with social tendencies that are a result of genetic-environmental interaction. Wise teachers will use this information to their advantage." So, why a C? Because the verdicts still out. Will teachers be wise?

Don't believe everything you read seems to be an important point that can be gleaned from Alexander Russo's post in This Week in Education entitled, The Testing Backlash that Wasn't There.

Every word matters in disciplined discourse according to Right Wing Nation, in Words Matter. The only problem is that academics redefine words too often for them to have a coherent meaning.

Frightening is the fact that some students work so much they don't sleep. NYC Educator asks how to help students with this enormous challenge in A Dilemma.

Going a bit overboard or not? What Could Malpractice Lawsuits Do to Public Education, asks OverEducation.

How could this have happened? Why did a sexually abusive teacher remain in the classroom for over a decade, thirteen years to be exact? Ryan Boots at Edspresso thinks that the union might have been a factor.

If you want to see past editions of the carnival click here.

Just so we don't forget, EducationWonks really deserves our thanks for all of the work that he has put into this blog. If you won't to host a future edition of it please send Ed an email.
edwonk [at] educationwonks.org

Know that information about next week's blog is posted under N above.

Last, I humbly submit an article with lesson ideas entitled China Communicates with North Korea.

My oh my the 90th Carnival has come to an end. I'm looking forward to the 91st. Triple digits are looming ahead.

Now I know my ABC's next time won't you sing with me?