When superintendents become defensive
The contrast in tone between Pinellas Superintendent Clayton Wilcox and Hillsborough Superintendent Maria Ellen Elia is notable in their columns in today’s St. Petersburg Times. Several weeks ago, the paper ran a series on a poll of teachers showing very low morale in Pinellas County when compared with Hillsborough, though morale in Hillsborough isn’t exactly […]
The critics of standards and accountability
I have started to write a new book, titled Accountability Frankenstein, that I hope to finish by the end of the summer and get to a press shortly afterwards. If I can stay disciplined and write a few hours every day, I should accomplish my goal. And, on the way, I’ll be putting in a […]
Smart NATFHE boycott commentary
Jon Pike has the best commentary I’ve seen on the Israeli-boycott resolution of the former lecturers’ union, NATFHE. The resolution isn’t binding on the newly-created University and College Union (UCU) (into which NATFHE and AUT merged), and I suspect that there will be a decisive anti-boycott vote next year within UCU.
Petulance and its discontents
George Leef reified ACTA’s logical slip yesterday by saying that Ward Churchill’s plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification were not “the main thing” in terms of his transgressions and repeats the claim that courses are replete with ideological bias (based on a few anecdotes, as usual). ACTA’s blog says it’s “good … to see the petulance with […]
Connecticut, NCLB, and the state NAACP: where symbolic politics don’t get you far
Some around the blogosophere and newspaper editorial rooms have been crowing about the Connecticut NAACP Chapter’s intervention in the Connecticut v. Spellings lawsuit this year. This is proof that NCLB is on the side of kids and the American way! seems to be the cry. Well, sort of. Attorney William Taylor’s testimony at the May […]