Two brief comments
I promised not to comment on anything during my two-week break, but the NewTalk NCLBfest made me wonder who’s missing from this debate. Your observations in the comments are most welcome. Also, I think I may have alienated my family forever by going against their advice and buying a Sony Reader. Even my technophile son […]
Blogging vacation for the D’s
I will follow the lead of Deborah Meier, Diane Ravitch, David Hoff, and plenty of others with D as an initial: I will not be blogging for the next two weeks. I have some things to take care of in the break between my summer class and the beginning of fall classes, so you will […]
A higher-ed unionist’s view of the performance-pay debate
Corey Bunje Bower criticized a Newsweek column by Jonathan Alter and has the following response to Alter’s slur against teacher unions: Perhaps the most ridiculous thing that Alter writes — and the statement that gives away the ideological underpinnings of his argument if anybody wasn’t already aware — is that unions “still believe that protecting […]
Oh, wait: maybe the unions aren’t responsible for everything
About the NCTQ report released recently and my observations about alternative explanations of interstate similarities, maybe the new Achieve report on the development of similar academic expectations in math and English is the best counter-example, since Achieve takes credit for convergence of standards documents. Well, they goofed, too, since their only evidence comes from American […]
Waiting for one last paper… and panicking about the end of summer
I’m almost at the end of reading/grading for my summer class. I have one student’s paper left to receive, and then I’ll be done. In the meantime, I’ll upload the rest of the material in a secure part of Blackboard hidden from students for the moment and then work on an article manuscript that should […]