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Sherman Dorn
The eulogies of Joel Klein are a bit premature
Something about the commentary surrounding Joel Klein's chancellorship of NYC schools struck me as closer to a memorial than a "thank you for the hard work" type of message anyone could expect, especially the overblown claims of dramatic improvements in achievement during the Klein Era. Folks, Klein is quite alive, so you don't need to […]
The pension-plan research I don’t have time to read right now…
The latest Education Finance and Policy issue is currently downloadable (apparently free of charge for the world for now) and all about teacher pensions. I am currently overloaded with prior commitments, so the chance of my reading this in a timely fashion is roughly nil. The questions I'll bring when I do read it: Do the […]
Re-run of Senate Bill 6 in Florida?
The St. Petersburg Times' blog is reporting that the foundation created by Jeb Bush is shopping a draft of a re-run of Senate Bill 6 with regard to teacher provisions.This draft carries over the parts of 2010’s Senate Bill 6 that pertain to teacher evaluation, pay, and employment status. Retained in significant or complete measure: the […]
Damnit, I missed another enemies list!
Apparently Fenwick English published an "enemies list" in the Fall 2010 UCEA Review (the article starts on p. 13), something listed "enemy" Rick Hess properly ridiculed, and then ridiculed again with a longer explanation of why enemies lists are fundamentally foolish. It's been a busy 10 days or I'd have gotten around to this earlier, because this […]
Power and choices: LGBTQ youth
Via Cath Lugg, a more realistic video about bullying of gay and lesbian youth: The young woman in the video talks about the reality of bullying and the problems with superficial "it gets better" videos. It gets better when you're an adult and if your choices improve so you're not surrounded by bullies and bystanders. […]