You can kill “traditional pedagogy” as a term, too
I guess I'm in full "it's hot" grump/scold mode after this morning's entry about the foolishness of "defenders of the status quo" lingo, though now that I think of it, I'm wondering if that's a new superhero grouping: The League of Justice, the Defenders of the Status Quo, the Champions of Overcooked BBQ, etc. But to be […]
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 […]