Blogs about: Tenure
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preparing to cross an ocean
Can I get away with just one carry-on? This is the first question I asked myself as I finally began to prepare for an extended stay overseas that begins next week. Extended as in 3 months. Extended as… more →
the sabbatical blog
Hot off The Press: Dr. Wallace Receives Academic Tenure
wrote 19 hours ago: We are very excited to announce Dr. Scyatta A. Wallace, CEO/Founder of Janisaw Company, has received … more →
Hypocrisy and Teacher "Professionalism"
wrote 19 hours ago: After making headlines earlier this week by taking on consumers of trough-sized sodas, on Tuesday Ne … more →
A New Look at the Dismissal of Ralph Turner
wrote 22 hours ago: The 1920s and 1930s were a period of struggle at the University of Pittsburgh, with no tenure or due … more →
Urgency and Ed Reform
wrote 1 day ago: In today’s WaPo, Matt Miller offers a useful critique of Obama and Romney’s respective education ref … more →
25 years and still going.......
wrote 2 days ago: So today I completed ten years in Whitesboro and twenty-five years in education. It has been an amaz … more →
NC Senate Works To Revamp Education Policy
wrote 3 days ago: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Senate is working to revamp public school laws ranging from … more →
Reduced to a teachable form
wrote 5 days ago: Aristotle’s Ethics begins with the following, Every art, and every science reduced to a teacha … more →
'Universities Will Not Survive as Research Institutions unless University Leadership Realises That the Working Conditions They Offer Dramatically Reduce the Size of the Pool from which They Recruit'
wrote 1 week ago: Why women leave academia and why universities should be worried. … more →
Sea cucumber and Geoducks
wrote 1 week ago: Do you know about the Sea Cucumber / Geoduck tenure that has been applied for? Here we will be tryin … more →
we don't care about education
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wrote 1 week ago: Do you support spending more money to “fix” our education system, debt be damned? Forbi … more →
The (Flawed) Culture of Education Today
wrote 1 week ago: The cartoon above depicts one of the most troubling aspects for educators today. Teacher accountabi … more →
Weakening Tenure is an Attack on Academic Freedom
wrote 1 week ago: By Benjamin Ginsberg Since World War II, Canadian and American universities have offered faculty mem … more →
Who are the masters of Orwellian doublespeak behind "Parent Revolution"?
wrote 1 week ago: The following is my response to the LA Times OP-ED piece from 5/18/12: A quick glimpse at the board … more →
The Unbalanced Semester
wrote 2 weeks ago: Denise Horn, writing from Boston, Massachusetts in the US. Here at University of Venus, we talk a gr … more →
A Union Story from Philadelphia, 1999
wrote 2 weeks ago: Shortly after writing my “union-free schools” post, I was surprised by a friend’s reaction to it. Ar … more →
I need your help
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wrote 2 weeks ago: OK, I know this is a strange request. But help me out here. I teach at a community college. Pretty m … more →
Students protest denial of tenure to two beloved teachers
wrote 2 weeks ago: Many current and former students at South Orange middle school protested … more →
New Lawsuit Seeks To Overturn Calif. Teacher Employment Rules
wrote 2 weeks ago: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for seven California schoolchildren are suing the state in an attempt to … more →
Obama's tenure as President
wrote 2 weeks ago: Somedays, you just wonder what Planet he came from. His Economic Plan. You get one sheet. He gets to … more →
