The first Garcetti v. Ceballos fallout, in education
Well, it was bound to come, but I didn’t expect it so quickly. This month, a federal judge in Tampa, Florida, dismissed the complaint of a fired Polk County principal directly because of Garcetti v. Ceballos. Former Kathleen High School principal Mike D’Angelo was fired after an outstanding evaluation, and D’Angelo claims it was because […]
Commentary on Spellings Commission draft report
I just sent off an op-ed column on the Spellings Commission draft report to one of the major higher-ed news outlets. In it, I acknowledge the misleading statements in the draft but focus on a deeper problem in the report, a fundamental inconsistency that I think is a fatal error (even if you agreed with […]
Growth models, technocracy, democracy, and algebra
I had thought that my being anxious and out of sorts for several days was from that line-drive hit into my leg two weeks ago and the resulting swelling and discomfort. But no—it was from the interruption of the book-writing for other things that are quite valuable (the journal, the article on migration and graduation […]