Backlash against formative assessment
As reported in the Orlando Sentinel education blog, some educators are worried about the time occupied by tests given throughout the year, tests that school districts hope will track predicted scores on the spring tests in Florida (FCAT): In plain language there are 8 full student days wasted on these tests. By the time FCAT comes […]
The adults v. children meme of facile ed policy talk, part 375
Ruben Navarette (hat tip) captures a thumbnail historical myth embodied in the “adults vs. children” theme in accountability talk: Public schools have, for generations, crafted an environment that caters to the needs and wants of the adults who work in the schools rather than those of the children who attend them. As Seymour Sarason has […]
Duct tape and sand
From Stanley Fish’s blog today, disapproval for Lee Bollinger’s comments last week at the Ahmadinejad speech: The obligation of a senior administrator is to conduct himself or herself in such a way as always to bring honor and credit to the institution he or she serves. Just what this general imperative requires will vary with […]
If I had a million hours
My life this week brings the Barenaked Ladies song to mind: Watching nervously over the state budget situation and engaging in various tasks around that Finishing and submitting my promotion portfolio Assigning and circulating manuscripts for Education Policy Analysis Archives… and receiving a bunch of yes and no responses that require some individual attention (without […]
Please tell me it’s August or November
By Sherman Dorn on October 9, 2007
What is possibly worse than being sick in a temperate-climate February is being sick in early October when the temperatures are in the upper 80s outside and when you know part of the reason why you’re not well yet is because you drove to another city 2 hours away three times in the last two […]
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