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Sour-grapes agreement
Michael Olneck and Peter Sacks turn petty in letters to the editor about Diane Ravitch that the New York Times printed today. Wow. I agree with Ravitch on a number of things and disagree with her on a number of things, some of which is in our area of expertise (history of education) and some […]
Historians’ automaticity, part 1
Concerns with science and math education are nothing new, and although the rhetoric today focuses on saving the planet and the economy, the argument for urgent intensification of STEM education is remarkably similar in structure to the Cold War era debates in the 1940s through the early 1960s: our country is in crisis, we need […]
Spring break
Classes are not meeting next week, many students are away from campus, and many faculty are as well, so it’s time for me to get stuff done. Certainly not as much as I’d like, but this is an opportunity to… well, maybe move from a molasses pace to a sludge pace on some projects. At […]
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 […]
Expanding digital humanities through diversification
Alex Reid’s discussion of how to tip digital humanities practices into “early majority” status (hat tip) pushed a few ideas into alignment in my head, and while he has a pretty standard institutional perspective, it’s headed in the wrong direction for a variety of reasons. The best and most productive way to expand the world […]