Accountability Frankenstein: the podcast
The Accountability Frankenstein podcast is now online with its first episode (a reading of the book preface, with the permission of the publisher). Successive podcasts will be released approximately twice a month for the next half-year or so (possibly longer).
Dear stranger grad student
Yes, dear grad student at another institution, I have received your e-mails imploring me to participate in your online survey of faculty’s interest in splotnik and splotnik needs, but I don’t wish to participate. I’m offended that you’ve spammed me for research purposes, and I hope your advisor is asking how you are selecting targets, […]
Enron and the social meaning of cheating
Kevin Carey’s entry today at The Quick and the Ed references a comment I made yesterday to Enron and Worldcom, in a discussion about test preparation. I’m not sure if he realized he was taking my reference out of context, but he makes an important argument, even if it’s only half of the picture.
Some typical responses to concerns about test-prep
Both Eduwonk and This Week in Education are minimizing the concerns over test-prep that are illustrated by the Washington Post “bubble kids” story over the weekend. Eduwonk (aka Andy Rotherham) calls it “hand-wringing and whining,” and and TWiE (aka Alexander Russo) says it’s essentially revisiting the issue “whose scope and depth and negative impact remain […]
Caution: Life changes ahead
By Sherman Dorn on March 9, 2007
This weekend is the beginning of my spring break, and a colleague and I were joking about how we’re so well-socialized that we think of break as an opportunity to clear some of the work backlog. Yes, I’ll also relax. I can’t quite announce something officially yet (no, it’s not a job switch, exactly), but […]
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