Tag Archives: education policy

what's in a name? - labels and tracking

Yes­ter­day, I dis­cussed the issue of whether work-related lan­guage is appro­pri­ate for describ­ing learn­ing. Here’s another lan­guage in edu­ca­tion con­tro­versy that has made it into the news lately: ‘At hope’ kids bet­ter than ‘at risk’?: Wash­ing­ton state law­maker wants to ban­ish neg­a­tive labels The bill is moti­vated by the good-hearted desire for dis­ad­van­taged chil­dren to

changing gears

As you might know, I’m begin­ning a new PhD pro­gram this fall. This one is in phi­los­o­phy and edu­ca­tion, instead of just phi­los­o­phy. I’ve been very inter­ested in edu­ca­tion for a few years now, and I know some things about it, but basi­cally just enough to be dan­ger­ous and to write a decent admis­sions appli­ca­tion.