Waiting for an iPad “correction” to start a small war
Just saying that I wouldn't be surprised if an iPad "correction" is the spark for a diplomatic incident some day. Or at least it would make for a great backstory an author never quite explains, like the Helvetic War David Brin never quite explains in Earth. "I was one of the hostages in the Bezerkistan […]
It’s surplus education, stupid
In 1970 America spent about $228 billion in today's dollars on public schools. In 2007 that figure was $583 billion. True, some of the increase can be traced back to growing enrollments, better programs, and improved services for special-education and other students, but much of the increase is just a lot of spending without a […]
Fall 2010 undergraduate history of education take-home essay questions
This semester I split my final exam for the undergraduate history of education class, with an in-class (relatively short) part and then a choice of three essay questions that my students had 60 hours to respond to (after picking one). I am now reading their essays, and if you want to try your hand, feel […]
If wishes were fishes, policies would need to beware the BP blowout.
So in Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott celebrated the corporate tax-credit voucher program and said he wants to expand vouchers. I wonder if he understands existing Florida law, because the corporate tax-credit voucher program acquired authority this spring to expand without additional legislative action, but it depends on the Florida corporate income tax, which Scott would like […]
Rhee-lieved
Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel is right: Florida is better off for Michelle Rhee's not being interested in moving here. Thomas writes of Commissioner Eric Smith, "I've never met anyone at his level so uninterested in self-promotion and so totally absorbed in the mission." I also don't get any hint of self-promotion from him. Sometimes […]