Florida Student Group Fights for Zombie Rights
Tallahassee, Florida (Dissociated Press) — At an early-morning press conference in the state capital, five zombies attending Florida state universities announced the formation of the new organization Florida Upbeat Zephyr Zombies (FUZZ) to fight for zombie rights. “There are organizations that fight for the rights of students to be free from discrimination on all sorts […]
Channeling Jerry Bracey on “proficiency”: it’s political, not scientific
One of the late Jerry Bracey’s hobbyhorses was the pretense that the NAEP achievement level labels were scientific, as he argued in 1999: “The standards have generally been the object of scorn and derision from the psychometric community.” He was fond of quoting the 1999 report on NAEP proficiency levels, esp. from p. 162: ” […]
Why unions need competent administrators on the other side
Dean Dad neatly explains why Southwestern College’s leaders aren’t even competent Machiavellian administrators. While I’ve occasionally heard from people that the best union recruiting tool is a horrid manager, life is more complicated. Yes, there are threshold effects of managerial incompetence and cruelty on organizing campaigns, but for an already-recognized union with plenty of duties, […]
Ted Sizer’s push
It had instant credibility to the vast majority of readers who all probably shifted uncomfortably while reading certain passages, recognizing themselves. And the terms that came out of that project… Classroom treaties.Tell me if you don’t remember an entire class wheedling a teacher or two to change an assignment, to lower expectations a smidgen, and […]
In no language either is there the phrase “as quiet as an airport”
By Sherman Dorn on October 25, 2009
Heard on the Philadelphia International Airport intercom. Or at least the small bits I could “understand”… THIS IS A BOARDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PASSENGER GRISENSD PLEASE GO TO TRUMP ATE FERRITINOUS PAGING WE NEED YOU AT GATE WYNNEWOOD NARBUHTH ARDMORE HAVERFORD BRYN MAWR ROSEMONTCODE PHILLIES WAITING RAIN DELAY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM DANCING WITH THESTARS SEEN ELOPING IN NEXT MONTH’S […]
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