Where is the status quo any more?
I’m getting tired of people complaining about a shibboleth they call “the defender of the status quo.” Be forewarned: if you blithely talk in my presence about “the status quo” in K-12 schooling, I will be sorely tempted to kick you in the shins. What status quo? For the past three years, real per-pupil spending […]
NCTQ staffers cannot write a focused, relevant Findings section
Last week the advocacy-group National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released and publicized a set of ratings of 134 college-based teacher education programs' final internship practices, a set of ratings that was covered broadly by national newspapers.
Circular firing squad time among liberal economists
Jeffrey Sachs: "At every crucial opportunity, Obama has failed to stand up for the poor and middle class." Paul Krugman feels much the same about the debt-ceiling negotiations. The endorsement of Obama by the National Education Association representative assembly garnered enough votes (more than 70%), but still less than previous endorsements. The guy's a sellout, […]
Deja voudoun for teachers unions
Jay Greene's attempt to diminish the Wisconsin recall movement and next week's Save our Schools march in Washington is a typical Us vs. Them narrative: The unions succeed by intimidating politicians with their raw power while convincing the public that teacher unions love their children almost as much as the parents do. Maintaining this double-game is […]
Using Google appointment slots
I'm not on the bleeding edge of ed tech, but I'm happy to steal use what others create. I've been using an online calendar service to schedule student appointments for a few years, but given my concerns about some glitches recently and the appearance of a new Google appointment-slot capacity inside Google Calendar, I'm switching. […]