The outsourcing of almost everything in state departments of education
While Sandy is forcing us to ponder our reliance on those unionized, overpaid public employees known as first responders, a little discussion about outsourcing is in order. ((Thanks to Sandy, I am stranded in a Philadelphia airport motel the first half of this week. Fortunately, I have had consistent power and internet access, so I […]
Zombies teach grammar
Best grammar teaching tip by Twitter ever: I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice. — Dr. Rebecca Johnson (@johnsonr) October 18, 2012 Let’s see how this works with, say, part of the abstract of Robert Donmoyer’s editorial […]
Brief notes on PIE network ambitions
Looking at Mike Petrilli’s summary this morning of the PIE network summit, I have a few thoughts: Parent trigger appears nowhere on the priority list. I had guessed earlier this year that whatever reformy support of the parent trigger existed was primarily caving to pressure from the few who really believed in this latest silver-bullet […]