Thoughts on Education Policy

I wrote a couple of days ago about the "broken windows" theory and education based on the recent article in Science. The theory...

Overheard today in a Pittsburgh school: Teacher (to Student A, who was refusing to do work): "How many points do you get if you do noth...

I think virtually everybody is familiar with the "broken windows" theory of crime prevention made famous by Rudy Giuliani -- the n...

I am currently in the process of completing what I believe to be the final problem set of my grad school career (which is why I won't be...

Teacher certification seems to be a hot-button issue, and a couple of recent pieces have had me thinking about it this past weekend: Eduwonk...

I wrote yesterday about how some are frustrated that when unions attempt to protect their members from capricious firings that they also ma...

Fascinating article on "the rise of overparenting" in The New Yorker yesterday (hat tip: Ideas Blog ). I think this, as much as ...

A few months ago I characterized Johnathon Alter's statement that unions "believe that protecting incompetents is more important t...

Back in the spring I wrote a piece on the trajectory of school spending in the United States. Unfortunately, I later realized (and Sherman...

I generally think people tend to overstate the failure of our education system, but I feel compelled to offer up a correction when I hear so...