Stupid leadership at…
Michigan State University Yeshiva University My deepest sympathies to the faculty and students at both places. May the skies open up and give you something more than Schadenfreude.
Okay, it’s Arne Duncan. Back to the substance already, willya?
The following is one of those trick questions you should never answer: Was Arne Duncan appointed because he’s a cipher/Rorschach test for those with an axe to grind in national education politics, or is he an appointee primarily because of his personal and political connections? In between other tasks, I’ve been reading the comments flying […]
Grading highs
I have a bunch of odds and ends to finish before submitting grades, but I read two papers this morning that earned very high grades in different ways. I’ll explain more after I’m done, but it was a great way to start the week. The rest of this week is for grading, EPAA stuff (yes, […]
Wayang kulit, apparently the transition game of choice
In the past few weeks, while I have been out of touch (relatively speaking and at times mentally), the education news on the transition has been an odd political version of Indonesian shadow puppetry (or wayang kulit) where writers such as David Brooks or Seyward Darby portray Obama’s decision on Secretary of Education as some […]
Catching up
I think I’m finally back to full health, or at least 95%, and my union finished the ratification of a contract that was tentatively agreed to just before Thanksgiving, all of which is good news for EPAA readers and authors, who are both owed stuff. It’s good news for my students, who have turned in […]