Thoughts on Education Policy

Sometimes I do stupid things. And today seems like a good day to do something stupid. This story recently broke about a teacher who said s...

I was intrigued by an interesting suggestion that Robert Pondiscio made over at the Core Knowledge blog the other day, and the discussion su...

Since I already linked to an article quoting me today, I figured I'd write one more self-serving post before bedtime. Don't worry: ...

EdWeek published an article at the top of their website yesterday titled "Reading Scores Get 'Bump' From Student Incentives, S...

1.) The NYC cell phone ban was mentioned in an article in the Spokesman-Review (Spokane) today, and I was given the job of explaining how ...

I love it when a random amusing line is slipped into an academic paper. This one comes from "Rethinking School Reform: The Distraction...

Comparing public and private schools is difficult; in part b/c private schools are allowed to select their students -- both before and durin...

Thomas Friedman weighs in with this op-ed today about a lottery to enroll in a charter boarding school in Baltimore . Friedman's wife ...

I'm short on time today, so I'm allowing Mike Petrilli to do my thinking for me. He asks a very good question: "Will teachers ...

Depending on whom you ask, there may or may not be a teacher shortage. I think everybody would agree, however, that there is a shortage of ...