Conspiracy theories and NCLB
Among the dissenters from the No Child Left Behind Act are those who claim that the not-so-secret purpose of NCLB is to privatize education. Jerry Bracey and Jim Horn have written reasonably similar arguments, and Bracey’s contains the following elements: NCLB has unreasonable standards for AYP (100% proficiency by 2014) NCLB’s provisions shift funds to […]
Boycott proposal redux
Last year, the British Association of University Teachers (AUT) first passed and then rescinded a policy advocating a boycott of Israeli universities and all affiliated faculty. It looks like British anti-Semites and muddle-headed allies are at it again. This time it’s a resolution placed before the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education […]
Cory Booker T.?
For several years now, the weekly online Black Commentator has been excoriating Newark mayor-elect Cory Booker, calling him a stealth candidate four years ago when he ran and lost and the white Right’s man earlier this year. Those claims are similar to the charge of this year’s opponent that Booker is a New Jersey point-person […]
Graduation exam lawsuit in California
A state judge in California is expected to issue an injunction blocking the exam requirement for California high school diplomas, in an echo of the Debra P. v. Turlington cases in Florida (1979-1983) and the G.I. Forum v. Texas Education Agency (2000) case in Texas. The California case is Valenzuela v. California, and it follows […]
Joanne Jacobs’ self-marketing
By Sherman Dorn on May 15, 2006
Joanne Jacobs is trying out a new way to generate buzz for a new book: asking bloggers to mention two book-readings in May, one last week in Washington and one this week in Philadelphia. On May 4, I received an e-mail from her asking me to mention the events in my blog, and I’m guessing […]
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