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November 28, 2012

No good deed

A former instructor blew the whistle on an English as a Second Language program that apparently tolerated substandard work and plagiarism from full-tuition-paying international students. The whistle-blower photocopied plagiarized student papers as evidence for her claims. She "was charged by SUU police for misdemeanor theft of lost property on Monday, and barred from campus upon threat of …

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November 15, 2012

So I come to school with my shirt inside-out

...after going to my early morning community meeting, also with my shirt inside-out. But the day was only starting. So I was in my office and I decided to take a break and read Gawker but just as I pulled the page up a student walked in to ask about registering for a class, and when …

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October 26, 2012

“If you don’t have enough jobs….you cannot train your way to victory.”

Higher ed is great. It's a public good and a private good. If it weren't for higher ed, I'd have to set my murder mysteries somewhere else. But training displaced workers doesn't make jobs magically appear; not only that, the time spent retraining may have been better spent looking for employment: "What is more surprising …

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October 23, 2012

The Next Big Thing

As a New York City public school teacher, I’ve been attending meetings for almost three decades. There’s always an urgent problem that absolutely cannot wait. Students need more test prep. Students need less test prep. Teachers must stand. Teachers must not read aloud. Teachers must sit in rocking chairs and read aloud. Students must do …

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