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 […]
Glaring error in new NCTQ report
This is relatively unimportant in terms of the broader argument of the new National Council on Teacher Quality report, Invisible Ink in Collective Bargaining, but my jaw dropped when I read the map on p. 10 that claimed Florida was one of the states with no class size policy. The class-size policy of Florida is […]
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education jumps the shark
Twice this month I’ve agreed with National Association of Scholars head Peter Wood, but when NAS organizes what looks like a Horowitzian ideological witchhunt, they’ve lost my sympathy. I’m also at a loss to understand why the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s blog applauded NAS. There’s a pretty large gulf between FIRE’s support of […]
Strata game development: it’s my family’s fault
For the record, all I did was create a game to engage students in talking about education policy. But my daughter suggested we play it, even in draft form. Here’s what I learned from that first round of playtesting: The basic game is playable. Everyone started inventing stories for their families, and my son (who […]