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This recent speech was posted on ED’s web site.  In it, Secretary Duncan criticizes teacher preparation programs.  He spoke:
In a speech last fall at the Teachers College at Columbia, I noted that education schools have long been treated as the Rodney Dangerfield of higher education. Colleges of education have traditionally been the institution that got [...]

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When my wife and I waited to learn the sex of the child months ago, I recall the weight I felt on my shoulders as the doctor told us: it’s a boy. A boy? Immediately, I began rehearsing scenarios in my imagination. The kinds of conversations all men have had but don’t [...]

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I saw this posting this morning in an Education Week email update.  “Really?” I thought.  It’s that explicit?  How is an educator supposed to attend this webinar and not feel like they are being pitched to the whole time to buy Lenovo’s computers? Will Lenovo list fairly what its computers can and can’t do so [...]

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Just moments ago, I submitted my second certification exam.  It’s a fifty-page review of studies related to my own present and future work.  In it, I ask a series of questions to guide the review:
- Why don’t policymakers read educational research? – Why don’t researchers write for policymakers? – What gaps exist because policymakers [...]

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Over the past several weeks, the blog has been quiet.  In part, that’s because I have a new son and am thoroughly enjoying being a father.  It’s also because I’m at a bit of a crossroads with my doctoral research and hitting a bit of a wall.
In the past, I had expected fully to [...]

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