Today I’ve read two articles that make me curious about the way “teacher quality” is being defined and measured these days. First, I read a New York Times article about a school in Tennessee where the principal is so busy…
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Time for Summer Reading: Bits Flashback for June 5
It’s that time when many of us size up the list of texts we’ve been thinking of all year and choose the few that we’ll try to get through during the all-too-short summer months. If you’re struggling a bit with…
Cake! Bits Flashback for April 3
The solution to writer’s block is cake! A round-up of Tips for Fighting Writer’s Block, from the Inside Higher Ed’s University of Venus blog, includes everything from setting rigid deadlines to sitting down for some cake and coffee. Cake may…
OMG! LOL! Bits Flashback for March 28
Last week, the OED announced a new batch of words that have been added to the dictionary. Among this year’s inductees are OMG, short for “Oh My God,” and LOL, short for “Laughing Out Loud.” My favorite part of the…
Week in Review: January 24—30
Having posted daily headlines for over a year now, I wanted to try a weekly round-up of the key stories from the previous week. This is the first effort in that project. My goal is to identify the key stories…