Logjams in time… er, timejams?
For the last few years the pace of my life has been such that I’ve rarely had the chance to look at the ebb and flow of various things at work, largely because there hasn’t been such a thing as an ebb. And while I’m not seeing an ebb right now, I see at least […]
Your personal, homemade commission on tenure and test scores
Sick of finger-pointing in the absence of a New York state commission to study how to use test scores in teacher evaluation (including tenure) decisions? Look no further! In this space, we will be conducting our own homegrown commission over the next three months. No need for the New York Assembly and Senate to act! […]
The liberal arts and narratives of declension
There is a teacher’s voice in my head, asking the logical question of New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen who speculated whether the humanities are in decline (perhaps because of the Great Recession) and whether older history subdisciplines are also in decline: “where did she go to school, and who were her teachers?” Evidently, the […]