I’m commenting on Race to the Top, and I want a pony, too!
Impressions of a quick skim of 20 or so comments on the draft Race to the Top regs: I couldn’t find the national AFT comments anywhere. Thus far, the two sets of technical comments by the Learning Disabilities Association of America and the group of academics with Kane, Staiger, and several others (uploaded by Thomas […]
Charlie Crist, George LeMieux, and higher ed searches
Well, it looked like a foregone conclusion early on, and though the hiring authority promised a wide-ranging search for the best talent available, and he went through all the motions of a search, in the end it was the inside candidate who won out, just as a number of people predicted. Yep: Florida Governor Charlie […]
Greg Mankiw provides the laugh of the day
Economist Greg Mankiw provides the unintentional humor of the day: “Smart parents make more money and pass those good genes on to their offspring.” Smart parents years ago miraculously picked employers who survived the Great Recession without laying them off? Smart parents are dumb enough to spend money on expensive private schools and expensive private […]