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Sherman Dorn
Education stories of 2009 (U.S.)
The end of the year is the traditional time for journalists and laypeople to look back and identify major issues in a year. As Phil Graham (or maybe Ben Bradlee) said, journalism is a first rough draft of history, and you know what a first rough draft looks like. Nonetheless, as an historian I’ll take […]
I agree with Paul Cottle: set a date for science
In response to Florida Commissioner Eric Smith’s weekend op-ed in the Tallahassee Democrat (responding to the December 13 op-ed by FSU physics professor Paul Cottle), Cottle says, roughly, okay, maybe not this year, but set a firm date for setting up EOC exams in all central science areas. I’ll go further: Florida needs to set […]
Endings and beginnings
Earlier this week, the dishwasher broke. So we’ve been doing dishes by hand for a few days. We have a delivery of the new one tomorrow sometime, and the majority of the world doesn’t have dishwashers, so what am I complaining about? Not complaining, but just thinking of how doing dishes by hand is a […]
Turnaround or abandonment in NYC?
The extent of school closings in New York City is becoming evident, and after JD2718‘s posts on the subject over the past half-week, UFT’s Leo Casey provides an overview and alleges an ulterior motive (to create available space for other purposes, not to improve education). I’m far from NYC and can’t speak from close knowledge of […]
What can graphic novels teach us about verbs in static displays?
By Sherman Dorn on December 19, 2009
I’m in my office this afternoon for a few hours getting some work-related puttering done. While I’m procrastinating on the puttering for a few minutes, I want to talk aloud (or write publicly) about some thoughts I had in the last few days about how graphic novels convey verbs. Here’s the problem: most forms of […]
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