Just awful
7 Killed in Northern Illinois Shooting (IHE coverage). I have no pithy comments today.
Mail inadequacy
I should not have left the checkbook at home: I’ve finished an article manuscript I’m pleased with, but I need to send in a small check for submission processing. So the manuscript copies will sit on my desk until tomorrow morning. Someone wanting to be admitted to USF must have found the faculty union website, […]
AP participation and passing data
For a good summary of the College Board data just released on the AP program, with some journalistic follow-up, see Scott Jaschik’s story at Inside Higher Ed. Odd factoid alert: highly skewed AP subjects by gender include computer science (not a surprise) and French literature (more of a surprise).
Helen Ladd’s common-sense approach
I’m biased because I’ve made the same recommendations: In a late January Ed Week commentary I should have pointed to earlier, the Duke University professor says we should be Rethinking the Way We Hold Schools Accountable.
Zokol: for when you’ve read too much Kozol
It’s obvious what’s the great line to take from Sandra Tsing Loh’s review of Kozol’s latest. But you need to read past the first paragraph. Loh’s writing is a bit stream-of-consciousness but forceful, vivid, memorable. Oh, yeah: and the other very important bit of information I gleaned: Loh was a viola player. I should’ve guessed.