I am slowly coming to realize that I am post-church.

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Congratulations to KQED for scheduling the “Sugartime” episode: KQED | About KQED: News and Events: Postcards From Buster Letter From President

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So, the first Education secretary under Bush called the NEA a terrorist organization and now this one is criticizing PBS. It seems clear that this is not an adminstration that is interested in fostering dialog and supporting diversity: The New York Times > National > Official Criticizes a PBS Cartoon

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I had my first research design class last evening, and the professor suggested that one of the purposes of the class was to make us generally better consumers of educational research. We would learn to question when people discuss research. Here’s my first example of the way we reference research without really making [...]

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More on Lawrence Summers from The New York Times…now, it’s more a question of his general leadership style. Do good leaders naturally attract controversy? Or is Summer just a loose cannon who says things without really thinking and then is often forced to back away? At Harvard, the Bigger Concern of the [...]

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This article from The New York Times discusses the return of handwriting to the elementary and middle school curriculum. It points out that teaching handwriting is often not covered at all in pre-service teacher education and it made me wonder if anyone at William and Mary handles it.
NB: I have to choose [...]

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I’ve been following the story of Lawrence Summers’ comments about women and found this editorial defending him. I have to say that I agree that Summers should be able to hypothesize in public and rather than walking out, we should engage in debate. But it’s tough for women to be emotionally detached from [...]

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William and Mary opened a little late today, but I will still teach my first class beginning at 12:30. Just updated the Moodle site with the reading links. I am using Blackboard AND Moodle because I want to introduce the students to open source. You can check out the beginnings of the [...]

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It started snowing about an hour ago and our road is already covered. Wonder if we’re having choir tonight?
It is the first day of the semester at William and Mary but my work doesn’t start until tomorrow when I teach a class and then have my first Leadership class. I worked [...]

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It’s hard to believe that Brad and Jen breaking up has even been covered by newspapers in India!! Brad and Jen are still friends! : HindustanTimes.com

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