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Sherman Dorn
BCGD: Big College Graduation Deal
A few quick comments on the new report on college graduation by Pew researchers Richard Fry and Kim Parker, which estimates 33% bachelor’s degree completion among non-institutionalized 25- through 29-year-olds (HT: NYT’s Tamar Lewin): The increase in college graduation (from 28-29% before the recession to 33% now) is a noticeable boost, both for the pace of increase […]
The outsourcing of almost everything in state departments of education
While Sandy is forcing us to ponder our reliance on those unionized, overpaid public employees known as first responders, a little discussion about outsourcing is in order. ((Thanks to Sandy, I am stranded in a Philadelphia airport motel the first half of this week. Fortunately, I have had consistent power and internet access, so I […]
Zombies teach grammar
Best grammar teaching tip by Twitter ever: I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice. — Dr. Rebecca Johnson (@johnsonr) October 18, 2012 Let’s see how this works with, say, part of the abstract of Robert Donmoyer’s editorial […]
Brief notes on PIE network ambitions
Looking at Mike Petrilli’s summary this morning of the PIE network summit, I have a few thoughts: Parent trigger appears nowhere on the priority list. I had guessed earlier this year that whatever reformy support of the parent trigger existed was primarily caving to pressure from the few who really believed in this latest silver-bullet […]
Assistant Professor opening, School Counseling, #USF #scchat
University of South Florida College of Education Announcement of a Faculty Position #7704 Assistant Professor, School Counseling Department of Psychological and Social Foundations