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To Potential MFA Students: There Are No Academic Jobs
Do not go to grad school thinking you'll become your favorite professor someday.
Thomas Friedman, Wrong...Even When He's Right
Thomas Friedman is a terrible, terrible thinker and columnist. I know, no duh.
Calling B.S....B.S.
I've come to recognize that I'm the world's greatest sucker. That's not entirely my fault, though.
We Could All Use a Little Tenure
If I had tenure, I could do some amazing things.
School Books - K-12 Edition
A roundup and capsule reviews of some education-related reading.
Excellent Sheep Run the World: Part II - Michelle Rhee
William Deresiewicz's "excellent sheep" often find themselves at the nexus of money, politics, and power. Why do they do so much harm?
Those "Excellent Sheep" Run the World: Part I
Excellent Sheep is an intramural squabble, but the rest of us have a stake in the outcome.
Doing the Right Things
A teacher's job is not to monitor students, but to engage them.