Thoughts on Education Policy

EdWeek recently featured a story about a large survey of teachers and principals. The survey , sponsored by MetLife, was originally given ...

-The undergrads I'm teaching have found my blog. Which might mean I have to watch what I say -- or might mean that I'll be hiding t...

Today marks one year since my very first post . When I started I would've been happy had 10 people per day read my blog, lately it'...

-Did you hear the news? People do better when they procrastinate (sometimes). Which means my dissertation is going to be awesome. -When I...

From Diane Ravitch : "based on what I have seen to date, I conclude that Obama has given President George W. Bush a third term in edu...

-A brief follow-up on yesterday's commentary . For most of the traits I discussed, you could argue that there's a dichotomy between...

In a discussion of vouchers last week, a professor argued that when legislatures propose statewide vouchers three groups dominate the discus...

Nancy Flanagan asked a very good question in the comments of Sunday's post that got me thinking. In the original post I asked what we...

Sorry for being a day late and a dollar short -- I neglected to realize that I had 45 papers to grade the same day I was supposed to be putt...

I'm hosting the Carnival of Education this week, so submit anything you want included. You can submit using this handy link or you ca...