Uncouth and consequences
So USF and former football head coach Jim Leavitt settled the pending lawsuit over Leavitt's firing for $2.75 million. My flippant email to fellow union activists: "DO NOT HIT STUDENTS IN HOPES OF GETTING $2.75 MILLION!!!! … the coaching staff is different from you and me."* The St. Petersburg Times says that the payoff was a terrible […]
Books have little direct influence, but that’s generally been the case
One reason is that books have lost their place as primary vehicles for shaping education policy. Just like in other realms, books are being displaced by other media. A film like Waiting for “Superman” can have considerably more influence over education policy than any book. Articles and reports can be released on the Internet as soon […]