Ugly arguments against NCLB
There are plenty of ways I can criticize NCLB and its implementation, but to whine that it drains resources for the gifted is one of the more disturbing arguments I’ve read (and today’s story by Joseph Berger isn’t the first time it’s appeared in the New York Times). Particularly wince-inducing passages…
Indiana State provost holds institutional reputation hostage
That’s the only explanation I can see for C. Jack Maynard’s proposal to eliminate physics and philosophy majors for undergraduates. Maynard’s own research specialty is in higher ed, and according to the Educational Leadership, Administration, and Foundations web page, one of his interests is accreditation. Is this move the foundation for his next article, “How to Lose […]
New ed-beat blog
The St. Petersburg Times is joining other newspapers is having an education blog. The title of theirs? The Gradebook.
Cheating/test-prep in Dayton, Ohio, school
It happens every so often: we hear about administrators or teachers who copy items from secure tests and then teach students using those items. (See several item comparisons.) In this case, the alleged miscreant was an administrator of a charter school who passed the items on to a consultant who did the teaching and later […]
In B’ham, 2
Here is why you present material at a conference: I write a book and at the end of the process, there are inevitably some loose ends. I go to a conference, present the material with some of the loose ends and say, “Hey, here’s a loose end. Anyone have an idea of how to tie […]