Brevard County schools want to go out of business?
Apparently the Brevard school district has a problem when the nondenominational church renting space on Sundays from a Melbourne elementary school wants to attract new parishioners by talking about sex within marriage (hat tip). Never mind that this is now standard fare in churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. Despite teaching many children of NASA workers (Brevard […]
Two gems this morning
I have the distinct pleasure of reading the St. Petersburg Times from cover to cover most mornings (or later in the day). They are one of the few papers to keep a number of reporters covering education in a substantive way, and while reporters at other papers find themselves stretched between too many assignments (such […]
Margins for error in policy
We’re operating without water in my building for today and tomorrow, at least until the lab reports come back after the drop in pressure overnight. Faculty and staff know, so they’ll get to know their colleagues in nearby buildings. I feel sorry for students who run to the right (usual) place and then hope to […]
Research blog started
For those who want to walk into the weeds with me on a new research project, feel free to follow my new research blog hosted at USF. Dorn’s dangerously public research blog has the subtitle “conducting research without a net,” and I am likely to fail in public view. [Update 4/20/09: the blog server’s database […]
If you’re an unemployed teacher or academic, run for office!
By Sherman Dorn on April 18, 2009
Which unemployed or underemployed people could plausibly run for office in 2010? The budget outlook in Florida is better than it used to be, thanks to the federal recovery funds that have already flowed and are likely to flow; essentially, federal funds are plugging about half of the gap legislators were facing for the next […]
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