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The higher-ed split among conservatives
One could probably have predicted today’s Inside Higher Ed article describing how several conservative academics criticized the current push for quantitative assessment of higher ed. I didn’t, but if you did, give yourself a pat on the back. The article describes a panel on Friday sponsored by the American Academy of Distance Learning (more about […]
Teachers and the public sphere
Partially drafted in Chicago Sunday evening, July 13, and revised July 17: I’m listening to Susan Ohanian at the moment, talking to a group of about 50 AFT delegates and others. Ohanian is a well-known opponent of NCLB and academic standards and was invited to speak at an event sponsored by the AFT Peace and […]
Know what union membership means before you write, Ray
Ray Fisman wrote a laudatory article released Friday by Slate about NYC’s P.S. 49 principal Anthony Lombardi, an article with themes remarkably similar to what Robert Kolker wrote for New York Magazine in 2003, even down to quoting Randi Weingarten calling Lombardi a tyrant without crediting Kolker. Fisman links to an Inside Schools page summarizing […]
Can reporters raise their game in writing about education research?
I know that I still owe readers the ultimate education platform and the big, hairy erratum I promised last month, but the issue of research vetting has popped up in the education blogule*, and it’s something I’ve been intending to discuss for some time, so it’s taking up my pre-10:30-am time today. In brief, Eduwonkette […]
300 v. 10,000 and the broader discussion of performance pay
A bit more on Obama, performance pay, and the NEA: I commented yesterday about the Mike Antonucci video of Obama’s speech to the representative assembly and the light round of boos when he mentioned performance pay (or merit pay or differential pay: take your pick, it doesn’t change the substantive matters). Antonucci responds with more […]