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Danziger, Contructing the Subject, and the dangers of following the trail
Thanks to a trail of other readings, I’m now delving into Theodore Potter’s Trust in Numbers (1995) and Kurt Danziger’s Constructing the Subject (1990), both relatively dense books discussing topics on the edges of my concerns with testing and professional expertise. While reading the page proofs of a book that will be coming out in […]
So there’s debate among NCLB critics? Big deal…
The reaction of Mike Antonucci to news that Susan Ohanian calls the NEA’s leadership distancing themselves from the “dismantle NCLB” petition “bullying“? “[F]un watching NEA and Ohanian thrash it out for themselves.” (Hat tip: Eduwonk.) Maybe Antonucci is unfamiliar with something called deliberative decisionmaking, which involves discussion, decisions, and acknowledgment of dissent, but the NEA has […]
Miami Herald "legacy" piece on Jeb Bush
Marc Caputo has a smart article, Exam has changed how teachers teach, on the FCAT. He points out the double standard on accountability (how voucher schools are not accountable in the same way) and how Jeb Bush can be considered an education policy hero if only kids graduated high school at the end of fourth […]
The problem with the McGraw-Hill conflict-of-interest argument
Since Stephen Metcalf’s 2002 article on family ties between the McGraw-Hill publishing company and the Bush family, it has become a minor cottage industry to assert that the (quite possible) conflict of interest is evidence of the inherent corruption of No Child Left Behind. (See the Students against Testing, DailyKos diary entry, Jim Trelease, and […]
Peter Boyle, RIP
Wouldn’t you know it: I’m revising the manuscript to Accountability Frankenstein, and Peter Boyle dies. For those who don’t know, he was The Creature in Young Frankenstein.