Did you hear about the mom who punished her young daughter by power-washing the kid at the local car wash? Yep... she's pregnant with another likely future victim. People like her always seem to produce larger families.

Welcome to the midway of the 161st edition of The Carnival of Education! Here's the very latest roundup of entries from around the EduSphere. Unless clearly labeled otherwise, all entries this week were submitted by the writers themselves. Folks interested in hosting a future edition of the C.O.E. should please let us know via this email address: owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net. Thanks to

The Unknown Administrator has once again put a sheet of paper in each teacher's mailbox that featured only the following statement: "A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."That was it. There was nothing more. We've no idea who put this latest missive into our boxes or why...

Entries for the 161st edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week by us here at 'The Wonks.) are due. Please email them to: owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 9:00 PM (Eastern) 6:00 PM (Pacific) Today. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the post's URL

Trampstamp: (n.) A certain type of tattoo often seen on adolescent/young adult human females. This tattoo is most often placed on the small of the back with the intent to exhibit the tattoo (through the use of short tops such as the one illustrated) while walking through the hallways (and sitting at classroom desks) of high schools and colleges. Also known in some circles as The Mark of the Whore.

Some New Jersey eighth-graders decided to protest their shortened lunch break one-cent-at-a-time: Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches. Superintendent Jorden Schiff said it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council." The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: Cheat Seeking Missiles garnered the most Council votes with In A PC

Not so long ago, Nancy "San Fran Nan" Pelosi promised that Democrats would "drain the swamp," of Washington's pork-barrel spending. And now Democrat congressman John Murtha (yes, that John Murtha) of Pennsylvania has now been crowned the King of Pork by Citizens Against Government Waste: Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today announced the final results of its online

Entries for the 160th edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week by The Sam Jackson College Experience.) are due. Please email them to: zumbooruk [at] gmail [dot] com . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 4:00 PM (Eastern) 1:00 PM (Pacific) Today. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council." The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: Right Wing Nut House garnered the most Council votes with Make

The Unknown Administrator put a sheet of paper in each teacher's mailbox Monday morning that had only the following statement: "Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing- the result."That was it. Nothing more. As always, we who work in the classroom remain puzzled....

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council." The Council has met and cast their ballots for last week's submitted posts. Council Member Entries: Right Wing Nut House garnered the most Council votes with Mandate Me,

The 159th edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by Sharpbrains.) has opened-up its midway! And don't forget to round out your educational experience by seeing what the homies are up to over at The Carnival of Homeschooling.

Each and every week, Watcher of Weasels sponsors a contest among posts from the Conservative side of the 'Sphere. The winning entries are determined by a jury of 12 writers (and The Watcher) known as "The Watchers Council." The Council has met and cast their ballots for the posts submitted two weeks ago. Council Member Entries: Done With Mirrors garnered the most Council votes with A Short

The 158th edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by Instructify.) has opened-up its midway! And don't forget to round out your educational experience by seeing what the homies are up to over at this week's edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling.

It's too bad that our appointed-for-life supreme court law-making body considers the sterilization of those who murder children to be "cruel and unusual punishment:" "NEW YORK (AP) -- After police discovered the frail, battered body of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown in her home in 2006, authorities say her stepfather was quick to admit he had bound her to a chair with duct tape and beat her on a

Today's voting is the closest that our country has ever had to a national primary. Here in California, we get to vote for the candidate of our choice. But we're not going to forget for a moment that a vote for Hillary, "The Countess of Chappaqua" Rodham-Clinton isn't just a vote for the first viable female presidential candidate; it's actually a vote for Billary. We think of Billary as a "2-

Take a quick look at the problem that the public school system in our nation's capital has with finding fully licensed teachers: Next up on Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s agenda to make D.C. Schools more accountable? Getting “highly qualified” teachers into the classrooms. Under the controversial law “No Child Left Behind,” all teachers must demonstrate that they are qualified to teach their

Those of us who went through the '90s may well-remember Heidi Fleiss, the arrogant, well-born lady procuress who made millions as "The Hollywood Madam" while rubbing shoulders with L.A.'s rich and famous. Then she got busted, and spent a little time in the pokey. And now Heidi is a complete train wreck: PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday on charges of

The 157th edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by The Colossus of Rhodey.) is now open! And don't forget to round out your educational experience by seeing what the homies are up to over at the acrostic edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling.