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Emergency! Abstract needed!
The first author of a piece I’m third or fourth author of e-mailed me with an urgent request to shape the abstract before it’s sent off, tonight, to an editor. This is a long MS (88 pages), and he hoped to have the abstract in an hour “or so.” I leaned on the “or so” […]
Comparative studies in special education: a brain-bursting exercise
This evening, I’m finishing up my reading and note-taking on non-U.S. history of special education placement for a review article on inclusion. I’m writing a small section, and I know it would come to this: someone who knows just about the U.S. (me!) has to search for and read the secondary literature on comparative perspectives. And […]
Smooth work satisfies
Took a little bit of time to go out of the house to ChainCafé this afternoon to finish preparing an EPAA article for this week. Smooth… a few minor editorial changes, then the usual format issues (change hyphens to en-dashes where needed, expand the italicized text a bit) and send it off to the author […]
Galleys of Florida education reform book, take 2
Just arrived at my house: second set of galleys for Education Reform in Florida. Time to start checking them against the first set of galleys and then finish the indexing.
Overquoting
By Sherman Dorn on September 16, 2006
Excerpts from a note to a class after grading one set of quizzes: There were two reasons why the quiz scores were lower for this quiz than for the others. First, the material is more difficult, and most of you haven’t had experience with legal opinions. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this quiz […]
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