Transitions: new job
The email I just sent to my colleagues at the University of South Florida: Dear colleagues, I wish to take the opportunity this afternoon to thank all of you for your collegiality and friendship over the years, which means a great deal as I transition to my new role at the Cushing College of Wilhuff […]
Florida civil rights groups statement on “parent trigger” bill
The “parent trigger” bill has surfaced again in the Florida legislature this session. Yesterday, LULAC Florida and the Florida NAACP sent the following joint letter to Governor Scott, the Florida House Education Committee, and the legislative delegations from Miami-Dade County and Broward County: Joint Statement: Equity Issues and the Parent Trigger Bill LULAC Florida and […]
Bottom 10 Common Core Blarney
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As far as I’m aware, I have no Irish ancestry whatsoever, but two of my wife’s grandparents emigrated about a century ago, and so I’ll wish sláinte to her, our children, and anyone else. And since I’m not drinking anything (alcoholic) today, I’ll use the holiday for a different purpose, to make […]
Odds and ends to begin spring break
For the first time I can recall, my children and I are on spring break the same week, which given that we are talking the coordination of three different systems, is Spring Break Convergence. It’s great to have our college junior home from the Northeast; on the downside, we cannot complain about the weather for […]
Trend newspaper stories becoming quite common
By Sherman Dorn on April 1, 2013
The following isn’t quite the most emailed New York Times article ever, but I gather this is a draft of a feature that will shortly be appearing. Trend stories becoming common by Parke Davis “ICYMI, Thomas Friedman has a column in the NYTimes again,” said the tweet. “It’s becoming a trend.” This, like so many other […]
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