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Sherman Dorn
Fall 2010 undergraduate history of education take-home essay questions
This semester I split my final exam for the undergraduate history of education class, with an in-class (relatively short) part and then a choice of three essay questions that my students had 60 hours to respond to (after picking one). I am now reading their essays, and if you want to try your hand, feel […]
If wishes were fishes, policies would need to beware the BP blowout.
So in Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott celebrated the corporate tax-credit voucher program and said he wants to expand vouchers. I wonder if he understands existing Florida law, because the corporate tax-credit voucher program acquired authority this spring to expand without additional legislative action, but it depends on the Florida corporate income tax, which Scott would like […]
Rhee-lieved
Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel is right: Florida is better off for Michelle Rhee's not being interested in moving here. Thomas writes of Commissioner Eric Smith, "I've never met anyone at his level so uninterested in self-promotion and so totally absorbed in the mission." I also don't get any hint of self-promotion from him. Sometimes […]
Coal to Newcastle
The one quick observation I have about reporting that Waiting for Superman is the feature for an upcoming Florida legislative movie night, sponsored by the governor-elect: Florida already has a vigorous charter sector. So the message of the movie in concrete terms would be to change what for the state, precisely?
Consequences of poisoning the well…
Less outing of individual teachers and more analysis like this would help move this issue to a more productive place. via Eduwonk » Blog Archive » LIFOsuction At The LAT. Andy Rotherham is right in explaining how the L.A. Times shot themselves in the foot with the first wave of articles using value-added measures. The […]