There it ain’t — a rap on The Quick and the Ed’s knuckles
In The Quick and the Ed today, Kevin Carey boldly overclaims: The Times is reporting that, at the behest of the teachers unions, last-minute language was snuck into the New York State budget providing that “teacher[s] shall not be granted or denied tenure based on student performance data.” There’s really not much one can add […]
Sketching a course 1
In the next few days I need to carve out time for journal editing responsibilities as well as writing a symposium paper I’d promised to be finished by Friday but probably won’t be done until next Tuesday or so. (There, Laura! I’ve made that commitment publicly.) But since I’m waiting for a student to show […]