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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
I’m writing to encourage people to vote on the Israel resolution (right of entry for Americans of Palestinian and Arab descent). I co-sponsored it, so obviously I believe it’s a good and fair and appropriate thing, but I think you will agree if you take a moment to look it over. Voting ends at midnight on Sunday. traditionally MLA resolutions hav…[Read more]
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
I apologize for possibly repeating myself. I’m writing to encourage people to vote on the Israel resolution (right of entry for Americans of Palestinian and Arab descent). I co-sponsored it, so obviously I believe it’s a good and fair and appropriate thing, but I think you will agree if you take a moment to look it over. Voting ends at midnight…[Read more]
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Bruce W. Robbins changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Please forgive this graceless appeal. The Israel resolution (Right to Enter) that I co-sponsored with Dick Ohmann is now being voted on. I think it’s a moderate and necessary gesture of support for our Palestinian and Arab colleagues who, though US citizens, have been denied entry to the West Bank to teach, do research, lecture, or attend…[Read more]
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David Laurence replied to the topic Projects for the Council's K-16 Education Committee? in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoClosely associated with the Common Core State Standards are two test-development consortia, the Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (often referred to as PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). PARCC and SBAC are in the midst of field testing assessments designed to track and inform students of their…[Read more]
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David Laurence posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
A 14 May post on The Trend reviews historical trends in time to degree for PhDs in the humanities compared with other disciplines, 1960 to 2012.
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David Laurence replied to the topic Projects for the Council's K-16 Education Committee? in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoThose following this Commons group may find useful as an introduction to the Common Core Standards the first chapter of Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement, by Lucy Calkins and her colleagues Mary Ehrenworth and Christopher Lehman. The chapter is available to download free from the Web site of the Reading and Writing Project that…[Read more]
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David Laurence replied to the topic narrative complexity in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoParticipants in this discussion of text complexity may be interested in a research report, Using Multiple Sources of Information in Establishing Text Complexity, by Elfrieda H. Hiebert of TextProject, Inc. University of California, Santa Cruz.
The TextProject also has a Web page devoted to the topic of text complexity in the context of the Common…[Read more]
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David Laurence posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 3 months ago
A 27 September post on The Trend comments on the NBER working paper, “Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?”
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David Laurence changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 10 months ago
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I support this and I will vote. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me of the importance of taking our membership votes seriously.
I support this and I will vote. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me of the importance of taking our membership votes seriously.
I support this and I will vote. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me of the importance of taking our membership votes seriously
me too :-)!