On exaggerations in the service of bitterness
Today, Charles Barone indulged in some recriminations about the use of test data to evaluate teachers: “In fact, in many states there is tremendous pressure to pass legislation which assures a firewall-like separation between teachers and student performance. Such laws have already passed in California, New York, and Wisconsin; …” But let’s examine that claim […]
One-Blog Schoolhouse: contents and index
Want to know precisely what is in the new One-Blog Schoolhouse? You can now look at the prefatory and index pages as well as the references (with one spelling error fixed, thanks to A.G. Rud). One-Blog Schoolhouse prefatory and index pages Publish at Scribd or explore others: blogging books Okay, now you’ve seen the contents; […]
Not quitters
I’m sure that there will be much tea-leaf reading in the next few days, but there isn’t that much from the president’s address that’s dramatically news-breaking on education policy. The call for everyone to attend some higher education is a little new, but the theme isn’t. The most obvious way to read the statements about […]