A new issue of Workplace is out, on academic organizing after the long NYU strike. From The Chronicle, a look at how six scholars have found educational value for their students and institutions in the virtual world of Second Life; a self-published book on teaching is the surprising source of some valuable insights on the college classroom; and even the famous are subject to scathing student evaluations on ratemyprofessors.com. A review of The Secret Lives of Teachers by Rob Wilder and Seth Biderman. A review of Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonanthan Kozol. An interview with Richard Kahlenberg, author of Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy (and the introduction).
