Every slice of humanity has its…
In principle, I’m a supporter of NBPTS’s activities as a growing process for applicants. Sometimes, though, national certification doesn’t mean that the teacher understands the principles of the discipline, in this St. Pete Times story: “I guess you could say I’m a creationist,” said Marcia DeMeza, a national board-certified science teacher at Lake Gibson High […]
Conference time!
Second public presentation of the net-flow stuff tomorrow, with a poster in the main book exhibit at the Social Science History Association, meeting this weekend in Portland. It’s rainy in Portland. I’m not quite crazy enough to laminate my papers to get them safely between hotels. Or maybe I’m crazy enough not to… In any […]
Alito and academic freedom
It looks like Samuel Alito’s opinions on academic freedom are mixed. In one case, Saxe v. State College Area Sch. Dist., 240 F.3d 200 (2001), Alito wrote an opinion striking down an overly broad anti-harassment policy. So far, so good in terms of protecting expression. Then there’s Edwards v. California Univ. of Pa., 156 F.3d […]