Thoughts on Education Policy

The education media and blogosphere were aflutter yesterday with the results of the first round of RTTT grants.  Most seemed at least somewh...

I was absolutely captivated by ABC's new show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution tonight.  If you haven't seen it, it's definit...

-Joanne Jacobs asks why it seems to be easier to raise math scores than reading scores.  I think there's a relatively simple answer.  R...

Anybody feel like helping me try to find an article?  I'm usually pretty good at this kind of thing, but I seem to have struck out on th...

A number of skeptics argue that one reason for some charters' success is that they skim some of the best students from traditional publi...

"Nothing good can come of any reform that teachers do not embrace" - Diane Ravitch

When we discuss the achievement gap in education, income inequality often serves as one explanation.  But racial differences persist even wh...

I have absolutely no idea.  And you probably don't either.  So let's keep this debate philosophical rather than personal.

If memory serves, when Campbell Brown began her show on CNN, the (unofficial?) slogan was "no bull".  So much for that . . . Ton...

Bob Herbert's op-ed on schools today is a mixed bag -- which means it's better than most commentaries that have appeared in the pop...