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Sherman Dorn
Education behind bars to remove bars
A break from election discussion: David McKay Wilson has an interesting discussion of correctional education in an article in Nov/Dec 2010 Harvard Education Letter. That means education of teenagers who are in detention facilities. Wilson points to the (non-test-oriented) provisions of NCLB that apply to education behind bars: certification requirements for teachers, tracking of students […]
Matt Bai’s instant-cliche machine
There's something that seems remarkably treacly about Matt Bai's instant punditry on the heels of the Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives: "If there is a lesson in all this for both parties, perhaps it’s that merely piling up votes on Election Day doesn’t confer on you a mandate for any ambitious agenda." Okay, Mr. […]
Historian’s prediction wrong (school uniforms version)
Six weeks ago I predicted that Pinellas County schools in Florida would implement the superintendent's proposed mandatory uniform policy, despite the lack of rigorous supporting research. I was wrong. According to the St. Pete Times' reporting, Pinellas is "backing off plans for mandatory uniforms." The school board concluded that the main problem was not the lack of […]
Helicopter parent with RPG (rocket-propelled grandstanding)
I'm visiting my daughter this weekend, and apart from enjoying the considerably cooler weather and just-past-peak leaves (those in New England, stop laughing: I live in Florida, and when I left Tampa, it was 86 F. and humid), I've been thinking about parent-child relationships after the adult child goes to college. A number of parents […]
Courts of Appeal respond to Roberts Court establishmentarianism
Last week, two federal court cases restricted the ability of both students and teachers to make decisions about what happens in school. In one, an appellate court ruled that a cheerleader had no right to refuse to participate in a cheer specifically supporting her rapist, and in the other a court ruled that teachers have no […]