The latest Chronicle of Higher Education gives us another reason why it would be good to Drill, baby drill.
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Stagnation Analysis
Drawing on data from the U. S. Department of Education, Matthew Ladner of The Friedman Foundation found that reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) went from 285 in 1971 to 286 in 2008.
Academic Justice Just Social
One wonders if Superman will ever get remade with the tagline, “For truth, justice and the American way.”
Subsidiarity Due For Comeback
The Catholic principle of subsidiarity, whereby that level of government closest to the problem is the one best-equipped to deal with it, may be viewed as quaint but in public education, its inverse could be seen as disastrous.
Academic Funny Bone
In a November 16, 2012 Academe Blog posting, Wright State University English professor Martin Kich has given us an idea of what academics find amusing.
Texts Teachers Learn By
Teacher’s textbooks tend to bypass basic skills and knowledge and go straight to orientation.
Psychiatrists Becoming Doctor Joke
There may actually be some good news coming out of academia.
The Prisoner & The Professor
A DePauw University sociologist is team teaching a course with a convicted murderer.
Yes We Can Indoctrinate
Education establishment types frequently accuse traditionalists of overkill when they claim that higher education really seeks to indoctrinate even when its denizens pretty much admit that is what they do.
Missing Boat On Diversity
The latest issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education features a supplement on Diversity In Academe that, like the industry it covers, gives a superficial treatment of the concept, at best.
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