More on “big social science”
Richard Steckel sent me the following response to my contrarian view of Big Social Science: I have read your comments with interest and find that I agree with most of them. Big projects are a matter of degree, in both funding and numbers of people. Much very good work involves small budgets (or no external […]
Bedfellows, amicus briefs, John Roberts, and Hosty
Interestingly enough, I’ve read absolutely nothing on the blogosphere yet about the collection of signers for FIRE‘s amicus brief supporting certiorari in the appeal of Hosty v. Carter (that’s a page from the Student Press Law Center describing the case). One of the signers is David Horowitz’s Students for Academic Freedom, and now the American […]
Whose choice?
A first cynical response by one British parent to Tony Blair’s education-reform speech promising more parental choice: It appears that the education bill basically does the complete opposite of what they’re saying. Schools will have the freedom to select—but not by ability. LEAs [Local Education Agencies] are not being stripped of their powers, they’re being […]
Fixing NCLB?
In Jenny D.’s blog is a question about fixing NCLB, which has started a bunch of pontificating. So I added my own as a comment and then realized I needed to bombard my 0.3737365 readers with it. In essence, major policy questions about NCLB are about two things: the shape of accountability and the federal-state […]
Door-to-door philosophers
By Sherman Dorn on October 20, 2005
Thanks to a student who compared Descartes’s God existence proofs to evangelists, I had perhaps what should be a Monty Python skit of door-to-door philosophers pop into my head: Rorty: I’m sorry to trouble you, but it’s very important that I offer you some practical truth today. Resident: Look, I had John-Paul Sartre peddling his […]
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