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NEA Representative Assembly, day 1
It’a after 10 pm, and I’ll be kicked out of this café in about ten minutes, so my ideas about improving graduation will have to wait. The day at the NEA representative assembly was long, whether you were a volunteer who woke up in Tampa at 5:15 am and stayed in the convention center until […]
NEA Representative Assembly volunteering
I drove about 3-1/2 hours today, back and forth to Orlando for my orientation session at the National Education Association Representative Assembly, which starts its official sessions tomorrow. I’ll be at a microphone station tomorrow through Tuesday, but it seemed silly to go to a morning orientation session and spend the night there when I […]
Questia spam!
I just received an e-mail offer that’s clearly spam: After reading your blog, it is clear that education is an issue you care about. As your commentary becomes a part of history, you are well aware that it is intrinsic to stay informed and up to date. This is where we come in. Questia provides […]
Spellings commission draft shows signs of distortion
Sigh. Sometimes, it’s hard to have perspective. Reports of the Spellings commission’s draft are not exaggerated, and it appears that Miller is hell-bent on claiming that college costs have risen and need to be clamped down on. Oh, yes, and quality needs to rise. What is true, and what I explained to a key staff […]
Spam translated into Valley Speak
By Sherman Dorn on July 10, 2006
While I’m recovering from a weekend camping trip, I’ll provide a translation of info-service spam e-mail into Valley Speak (my high school cohort’s putative SoCal lingo) via the inevitably flawed but fun internet filter: After readin’ your blog, fer shure, it is clear that education is like wow! an issue you care about. As your […]
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