Whew!
Just got done with hours of close editing of an article manuscript that I am accepting. I have discovered that giving editorial advice to authors of accepted manuscripts with the acceptance saves considerable time on the other end, since the final manuscripts that come in are usually coming in with fewer problems. (There are still […]
Kindergarten ages
Quick response to the New York Times piece on when children start kindergarten: There’s a big difference between the policy issues here and the family decisions involved, and as in many cases, they don’t always have that much to do with research on learning. Policy decisions for states: if you try to push the deadline back […]
Under scrutiny
In this morning’s IHE article on Ward Churchill, we read one of the two serious arguments put forward by Churchill’s defenders: James Craven, a professor of economics at Clark College, in Washington State, said that Churchill was subjected to a level of scrutiny that few professors have ever faced or could withstand. “How many scholars […]
Ward, redux(ionist)
University of Colorado President has drafted a letter that would recommend that the university regents fire Ward Churchill. I’ll admit that the comment on IHE’s story by “Frizbane Manley” is hilarious, far better than any of Churchill’s writings. I hereby recommend that Manley get tenure as a IHE commentator. Oh, wait. You probably were expecting […]
Bankrupt my pants and tags, NCLB news, and old-fashioned American ambivalence
By Sherman Dorn on June 2, 2007
One of my English friends created a not-quite-acronym in spring 2006 that adequately describes the phenomenon of having been too busy to read one’s blog roll, a translation from been away, not catching up on the flist [friends’ list, one’s blogroll on Livejournal], point me at it if there’s anything you need me to see […]
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