Federal bill would require open-access publishing for funded research
The Washington Post has reported on a Senate bill that would require free online publishing of research results within six months of refereed publications for research from 11 federal agencies (those that have $100 million or more in funded projects). Groups with various interests in publishing are lining up on the expected sides—open-access advocates in […]
More Florida voucher-politics strangeness
If yesterday saw the parliamentary resurrection of the referendum proposal that would authorize voucher programs in the state constitution, today had retaliatory maneuvers that slowed the state senate to a crawl for an hour, as the Democrats forced the word-for-word reading of two otherwise-uncontroversial bills. Fort Lauderdale Democratic Senator Mandy Dawson then accused the governor […]
New York high-stakes policy news
There’s an unfolding story of Kennedy High School in the Bronx, where kids can graduate without taking required courses and where the principal got rid of 11 of his 15 counselors (several of whom objected to waiving graduation requirements). The allegation here is that the administrators fudged things to avoid the schools’ placement on the […]
It’s recount time (again) in Florida
Well, what do you know. After seeing the slim defeat of the voucher referendum last night in the state senate, Republicans have tried a questionable parliamentary maneuver to schedule a reconsideration of the vote for later this week. This after a boisterous Democratic caucus meeting at which Senator Al Lawson (Tallahassee) chewed into his fellow […]
Social foundations exam questions
The questions from this semester’s undergraduate social foundations of education exam (for my sections): Would graduation by portfolio change the expectations that school systems hold for students? Describe the extent to which the U.S. population trusts teachers to do their job. Compare a main argument of your first book with any of the lectures. Contrast […]