A national service academy could boost the public sector
Chris Myers Asch and Shawn Raymond’s idea of a U.S. Public Service Academy has a chance of being considered seriously in this session of Congress. Very briefly, they have proposed creating a civilian undergraduate academy sponsored by the federal government for students who would be willing to serve in the public sphere for five years […]
Boundaries, agendas, and meta-narratives
Kevin Carey has an interesting discussion about policy perspectives and POV boundaries in the context of a broader discussion about the role of teacher unions. (Minor point here: to his good, bad, and good and bad perspectives on unionization, I’d add look at the d***ed specifics. Also see Michele McLaughin’s response, which I’ll just respond to as […]
Happy new year!
By Sherman Dorn on January 1, 2007
May your 2007 be peaceful, productive, personally fulfilling, and [adjective of choice here]. For us thus far in Tampa, the adjective of choice is “wet,” since it’s raining. And in our household, the air is filled with zebra finch song (on Friday, we acquired two companions of our older finch). The adults are up with vegetarian […]
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