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Sherman Dorn
Rep. Bill Young’s missed opportunity on DADT repeal
Now that Congress has passed the don't ask, don't tell repeal, the final House roll-call last week on the measure was probably the last legislative action Rep. C.W. (Bill) Young will take regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation. While others celebrate Young's political longevity, it's important to acknowledge that from his beginnings in the Florida legislature […]
Nominations for top education stories of 2010
I'm getting around to this a bit earlier than usual in December: what were the big education stories of 2010? Nominate your picks in comments! Comments will close on the 23rd, and I'll describe my picks in the last week of the year.
“Efficiency” vs. “accountability” in education discourse (one tiny and friable slice)
Like many others, I’ve been enjoying playing for at least a few minutes with the new Google Ngram viewer. So what can one see when you put in the phrases school accountability and school efficiency in the Google Ngram search box? The blue line is the proportionate set of sources in the Google database (by […]
Don’t worry
Despite news of academics making forays into stand-up comedy, I’m keeping my day job. My students generally say that my lame attempts at jokes are just punishing.
Andy Beveridge’s gift to you this month
Hop on over to the New York Times's Mapping America tool for exploring census-tract estimates of key demographic variables from the American Community Survey (2005-2009 five-year estimates). Almost a decade ago, the Census Bureau started the American Community Survey as a replacement for the decennial census's long form (along with other goals), so no one […]