The blog over at the LSE, British Politics and Policy at LSE, has an interesting post on the relationship between teacher pay and educational attainment outcomes. A fuller summary of the academic article is here, the article itself here. Both summaries are rather superficial; the meat...
Author: Dave Brockington
Born in San Jose, grew up in Seattle, received a Ph.D. in poli sci from University of Washington in 2000. I worked for three years at Universiteit Twente in Enschede, Netherlands, and have worked at the University of Plymouth for 16 academic years now in Plymouth, United Kingdom. I also currently serve as joint campaign coordinator for the Plymouth Sutton & Devonport Constituency Labour Party.
First, I've been absent (and sporadic when not wholly absent) for the past three months or so. The dominant issue in my life (aside from my 5/4 teaching load) has.
Manchester United 1 - 6 Manchester City. In the past, I would have absolutely delighted in this result. However, the cynic in me observes yet more evidence that in order.
are typically grim. It must be part of the genetic code for the Conservatives to bicker to the point of self-destruction over the EU; indeed, a Tory backbench revolt will surface in a vote tomorrow on whether or not the UK should hold a referendum...
An article at the Washington Monthly by Colin Woodard distills his new book, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, down to two to three.
Not at all surprising, but damn: “When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.” Divine intervention prevents us from enjoying the hilarity that a.
The NYT has a short piece on this new wave of reformist legislation that, save for one state, has been universally passed by Republican legislatures and signed into law by Republican governors. The NYT piece summarized a new study released yesterday by the Brennan Center...
isn't happening. I, for one, am shocked.
It's cold on Mt. Rainier. There's even snow. Records are being set: The amount of snow still on the ground, as measured at Paradise, the park’s main visitor area, is.
Over the past few days, I have heard several MPs assign responsibility for the riots in England as a failure of individual responsibility rather than any "complicated sociological explanation". While I wish I could find such a quote this morning, as sadly these were all...
TDS offers some analysis on Obama's failures in decision-making during the run-in and eventual capitulation in the manufactured debt ceiling "crisis" from December 2010 to its end. The analysis gets.
It took less than a day, but LGM called for his hiring, and the US FA took note and duly responded. Correlation, or causality? You be the judge. And for.