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William McKeen and me
On Sunday, the St. Petersburg Times published a bizarre column by University of Florida journalism chair William McKeen, who started off by asserting that UAH killer Amy Bishop is somehow presenting a case against tenure and then headed off into the mythical nethersphere of a world where all professors are tenured sloths. My response will […]
Why unions need competent administrators on the other side
Dean Dad neatly explains why Southwestern College’s leaders aren’t even competent Machiavellian administrators. While I’ve occasionally heard from people that the best union recruiting tool is a horrid manager, life is more complicated. Yes, there are threshold effects of managerial incompetence and cruelty on organizing campaigns, but for an already-recognized union with plenty of duties, […]
NEA’s comments: righteousness over responsibility to members?
I’m an NEA member, through my membership in the United Faculty of Florida. I’m a skeptic and critic of high-stakes accountability. Wrote a book and a few articles on the topic. And I am astounded at the NEA’s comments on the Race to the Top draft regulations. (Hat tip.) It is one thing to submit […]
Sifting priorities, micro and macro
I had such good intentions this morning. After dropping off my daughter at the High School o’ SATs, I figured I’d sit in the local Starbucks and read student work while she was wearing down No. 2 pencils. So there I was at about 7:45 in the morning, listening to slightly-too-loud Sinatra and reading drafts […]
Every 24 minutes: why it’s time to vote on the health care bill
By Sherman Dorn on March 4, 2010
Two years ago, a friend I’ve known for more than 40 years who works at the Urban Institute updated the Institute of Medicine’s estimate of the annual excess deaths in the U.S. due to lack of insurance. In 2008, the updated estimate was 22,000 annual excess deaths. That’s an average of one preventable death about […]
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