Dec 11th, 2009
I have an idea. Maybe it’s a meme. Who knows? Who cares? Anyway, the idea has three origins. First, it dates back to a dinner conversation in Chinatown (D.C.) during NECC ’09 with (CAUTION: name-dropping to commence…) Joyce Valenza, Doug Johnson, Wes Fryer and Scott McLeod. I forget how the discussion started, but we ended [...]
Nov 15th, 2009
I haven’t written much here since the summer. I need to. I want to. So, I’m hoping that a remodeling of the site breathes some new life into my blogging efforts. There are apparently 7 reader selectable themes, so you get to have some say in how this space looks for you (I think you [...]
Sep 30th, 2009
I’m teaching a course called The Politics of Education to an awesome group of our doctoral students this semester. The wiki/syllabus (a living, breathing document) is located HERE. You can participate and help my students’ (and my own) learning in a couple of ways. First, tagging…anything that you think might be related to what the [...]
Oct 17th, 2008
You couldn’t expect a guy with a doctorate in the politics of education to let the education portion of Wednesday night’s presidential debate go unchecked, could you? Apparently, both candidates support charter schools. No surprise from McCain; the Republican party tends to support most forms of school choice (that’s a gross generalization, but I’ll live [...]
Sep 22nd, 2008
Yes, you’re at the right place. I gave the blog a bit of a makeover. I started to feel like the old template was a bit dreary. This new theme is called GenkiTheme developed by Ericulous. Apparently, Genki means “cheerfulness, vibrancy and vitality” in Japanese. So, it certainly contrasts with the last theme. Other benefits [...]