A little bit of sanity in Florida
In Florida today, an appeals court upheld a lower-court decision ruling that Florida's statutory ban on gays and lesbians adopting children was unconstitutional. This will head up to the state supreme court, and I don't know how they'll rule, but I hope the ruling is upheld and the ban overturned. That would be good both […]
One study is one study is one study, no matter how well designed
I was offered the chance to look at the Nashville merit-pay study in advance, under embargoed conditions, but my life has been crazy and I thought it was unfair to accept the offer unless I was fairly sure I could spend the time to read and blog about it in depth. So, in lieu of careful analysis, […]
Julie Janssen channels Bill Clinton circa 1995
Wow: Pinellas County superintendent Julie Janssen is proposing mandatory uniforms for K-8 students as a way to respond to concerns about achievement and in a week when the St. Pete Times has been slamming the school system with stories of alleged nepotism committed by an administrator Janssen wanted appointed as the dropout-program coordinator for the […]
Catherine Lugg starts blogging
Welcome to Cath Lugg, a friend and historian of education who's just joined the small coterie of blogging historians of education: Diane Ravitch, Larry Cuban, and Adrea Lawrence. One meta-note: My apologies for the light blogging over the past week. Last week I had to prepare for and attend a special magistrate's hearing over the […]
Jay Greene, administrative bloat, and “Snoozester”
In a follow-up to his report a few weeks ago about university and college budgets, earlier this week Jay Greene described an $11,000 contract at the University of Central Arkansas for a program to make sure students wake up on time. Sure, it's a complete waste of money. It would be cheaper to put up […]