Reasoning-free journalism/blogging
Wednesday’s story by Pauline Vu, Lake Wobegone, U.S.A., and this afternoon’s blog from Alexander Russo, States Not All Lowering AYP Standards, make a common enough blunder that one might expect from newbie state legislators, arguing that North Carolina’s proficiency thresholds must be easy because you don’t need to answer a high proportion of questions right to […]
The "Not Ready for Prime Time" NCLB proposal
Diana Schemo’s article, Bush Proposes Broadening the No Child Left Behind Act, is a sequel to the many front-page stories about how the president spent half of his State of the Union address Tuesday talking about education and … Oh, yeah. I’m not sure what to make of the Bush trial balloons. (Better to try […]
Does honey attract more gadflies than vinegar does?
Having a better MP3 player these days, I’ve been dipping into the ed-policy podcasts available, such as John Merrow’s and The Gadfly. When those on the Gadfly podcast (notably Mike Petrilli and Rick Hess) say outright that others have described the banter as fraternity-like, … well, they said it. But what I’ve noticed beyond the […]
Who’s horrified by Charles Murray?
In response to Charles Murray’s three-part series of op-eds on intelligence and education in the WJS (part 1, part 2, part 3), plenty of bloggers have been quick to distance themselves from the knuckle-dragging portion of the center-right portion of the political spectrum: Jenny D. links to several. Who agrees with Murray is telling: Richard Vedder and […]
Travel and Blogging
By Sherman Dorn on January 29, 2007
Some folks can blog (or expand their blogging) while traveling. Me? I’ve just finished my second of three consecutive traveling weekends: one for an academic conference, one for the faculty union, and one for family. There are things happening during the travel that I’ll blog in the near future (as well as the usual attractions […]
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