I don’t always drink champagne. But when I do, it’s after a discussion of poverty in education. IRONY.
A potential for an education research boycott? #AERA13 #highered
April 29, 2013 By 3 Comments
I actually don’t know if “civilians” understand how academic publication works, at least for the humdrum, commoner, the everyday “scholar” who doesn’t have major book deals. Let me explain. So, in order to receive tenure and promotion as a faculty member, which I think might be over-rated at this point, a faculty member needs to […]
Do My Blogs Count?
April 28, 2013 By 3 Comments
This blog site is a virtual collection of educators writing about education. For many of us, then, we have already ventured into the Brave New World of scholarship that academia has refused to acknowledge. Please, dear reader, consider venturing to this blog post of mine about “a riskier, less tidy mode of scholarly production.” I’d love to […]
Ravitch v. Wolf: The Rise of the Dogmatic Scholar
April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Recently, a debate between Diane Ravitch and Patrick Wolf highlights how the dogmatic scholar looks today. Mercedes Schneider examines that debate by first addressing Wolf’s credentials, Endowed Chair in School Choice, Education Reform, University of Arkansas. Both Schneider and Ravitch raise concerns about the conflict of interests when a scholar holds a chair in a department that is heavily funded […]
AERA’s Bill Tierney: Clueless Per Usual
March 21, 2013 By 1 Comment
Ever since Bill Tierney began his not-so-subtle business-friendly nods to the austerity zealots and the plutocrats who think they know more about education than educators, his emails to the AERA membership have consistently shown him to be a neoliberal do-gooder who has no notion of what it means to do social science research that matters […]
Pittsburgh deputy superintendent said …. And #edweek followed up by…?
March 6, 2013 By 5 Comments
I know at some point I’m going to drive readers away with my constant picking at EdWeek. So let me just say this. When someone makes a claim about research that is either contextless or just outright wrong I believe that the journalist, should at a minimum, point out the complexities associated with such statements. […]
Required reading for all in #highered, aimed @AERA_Edresearch
March 3, 2013 By 3 Comments
Friend Morna McDermott McNulty is simply asking the question about education’s “premier” research organization, but I may venture an answer: probably, likely. Thousands of faculty members and precocious graduate students will be descending upon San Francisco at the end of April to rekindle old flames, feel like rockstars, and perhaps give a Powerpoint presentation, all of […]
GUEST POST: Julie Gorlewski Responds to AFT
February 22, 2013 By 3 Comments
Julie Gorlewski, State University of New York at New Paltz Response to Raising the Bar: Aligning and Elevating Teacher Preparation and the Teaching Profession (A report of the American Federation of Teachers Teacher Preparation Task Force, 2012) As an educator who has dedicated my professional life to continuous improvement in the field, I appreciate the […]
Teachers Rock in School: But what about out of School?
February 11, 2013 By 9 Comments
At this point you’re probably aware of my dissatisfaction with Jon Stewart and his tepid interview with the “radical” Michelle Rhee. OK I’m moving on–from Jon–not Rhee. I want to go back to one of the statements that she made in the interview. However, if you have the stomach to do so and follow Ms. […]
On men in #education at #aera in Vancouver
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Slow to blog
January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been a tad slow lately because of a few long-term projects I’m trying to finish. Let me list those for you so you can see what I’m up against: -Final manuscript revision -Revise and resubmit another manuscript -Submit grant proposal -Redirect social studies research project, continue writing -Plan my spring syllabus -Edit an extensive […]
An open admission from a “scholar.” #highered #AERA13
I am not a writer. I am not an author. I’ve written. I’ve authored. But I am not a writer. I am not an author. I’ve written many papers. I’ve authored book chapters and articles. Being halfway decent at writing these documents is likely what set me up to pursue a PhD. It’s not as […]