Matrix Algebra Miscellany
1) Really Good Discussion About Policymaking & Value-Added: Down there in the comments. Come and put in your two cents, and also check out the AFT's take and Nancy Flanagan's post on assessing teachers. If you're tired of this thread, head over to one commenter's unrelated op-ed in USA Today about A Nation At Risk.
2) Matrix Algebra: After the keg runs dry, they play all kinds of party games at the Education Next editorial board meetings. Apparently, the boys lacking the vim and vigor to win a round of duck-duck-goose get pinched into starting blogs. Between Flypaper and Jay Greene, I can't respond to every post that makes my face twitch (see allegorical clip below) - though Mike Petrilli and I are on the same page about graduate student unions. Welcome to the block, guys.
2) Matrix Algebra: After the keg runs dry, they play all kinds of party games at the Education Next editorial board meetings. Apparently, the boys lacking the vim and vigor to win a round of duck-duck-goose get pinched into starting blogs. Between Flypaper and Jay Greene, I can't respond to every post that makes my face twitch (see allegorical clip below) - though Mike Petrilli and I are on the same page about graduate student unions. Welcome to the block, guys.
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New blogs, same message. (And for the most part, same funders). With yet more education blogs echoing each other, these "analysts" will have even more sources to point to for their "growing consensus" over what the "research shows." All the more reason to unplug your computer.
Posted by: Dumb economist | April 22, 2008 10:27 AM
Don't despair, Dumb Economist. Even though they multiply, the Agents never win;)
To be fair, Flypaper has lots of guys blogging, and many of them disagree with each other.
Posted by: eduwonkette | April 22, 2008 10:52 AM