Turf defenders will love degree-by-competency
So it looks like the practical barriers for college students moving between institutions are back in the news with CUNY credit transfer debate. Since Kevin Carey argued in favor of open educational credentials recently, perhaps I should explain why I think acquisition of credentials through Mozilla’s open badges or some other competency-based system is neither […]
LIFO inconsistency
Just a brief note this morning while I'm juggling other things: anyone else note that when conservatives advocate the end of seniority rules for layoffs on the basis of justice towards younger, lower-paid teachers, that bumps up just a bit against conservative arguments against higher taxes for millionaires? In one case we see class warfare […]