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Sherman Dorn
The Louis Rukeyser Memorial Award for Overplaying Results
…a slight jump in their test scores at schools where teachers received performance-based pay… [emphasis added] via Texas study suggests teacher merit pay works [St. Petersburg Times Gradebook blog]. Anyone see the mismatch between the headline and the text? Reminds me of a common stock-market reporting tactic: "The Dow Jones fell more than 14 points […]
Brief notes on Scott’s transition team on education
Just a brief note this morning on the headline in Florida: Rick Scott announced his transition team in education yesterday, and the headline almost everywhere was about one member of the team: Michelle Rhee. Controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee was named to Gov.-elect Rick Scott's education transition team Thursday, fueling rumors that she may become […]
Dualities of the day
We have a bipartisan consensus that the short-term deficit should be made smaller and the long-term deficit should be made bigger even when all the economic logic points in the opposite direction. via Yglesias » Tax Cut Mania. "But we need to appreciate that we have two deficits," [Andy] Stern says. "A fiscal deficit, and […]
So Jay Greene wants to know about Ravitch as an historian?
Yesterday, Jay Greene asked if Ravitch's historical writings are solid. Brief response: among historians of education, she's known for being reasonably careful in handling primary sources, and people debate whether the questions she asks are the right ones… which is often what debates over books turn on. In addition, she's known for being a wonderful stylist […]
Two program notes
By Sherman Dorn on December 2, 2010
It's the tail end of the semester, which means I have to fight off a horrid case of Shiny Bright Object Syndrome. I need to remind myself that the reason why I have an almost-irresistible urge to blog on a number of topics, read great books, attempt the Bartok or Penderecki viola concertos,* and try […]
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