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Rep. Bill Young’s missed opportunity on DADT repeal
Now that Congress has passed the don't ask, don't tell repeal, the final House roll-call last week on the measure was probably the last legislative action Rep. C.W. (Bill) Young will take regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation. While others celebrate Young's political longevity, it's important to acknowledge that from his beginnings in the Florida legislature […]
“Efficiency” vs. “accountability” in education discourse (one tiny and friable slice)
Like many others, I’ve been enjoying playing for at least a few minutes with the new Google Ngram viewer. So what can one see when you put in the phrases school accountability and school efficiency in the Google Ngram search box? The blue line is the proportionate set of sources in the Google database (by […]
Andy Beveridge’s gift to you this month
Hop on over to the New York Times's Mapping America tool for exploring census-tract estimates of key demographic variables from the American Community Survey (2005-2009 five-year estimates). Almost a decade ago, the Census Bureau started the American Community Survey as a replacement for the decennial census's long form (along with other goals), so no one […]
It’s surplus education, stupid
In 1970 America spent about $228 billion in today's dollars on public schools. In 2007 that figure was $583 billion. True, some of the increase can be traced back to growing enrollments, better programs, and improved services for special-education and other students, but much of the increase is just a lot of spending without a […]
Fall 2010 undergraduate history of education take-home essay questions
This semester I split my final exam for the undergraduate history of education class, with an in-class (relatively short) part and then a choice of three essay questions that my students had 60 hours to respond to (after picking one). I am now reading their essays, and if you want to try your hand, feel […]