Thoughts on Education Policy

I'm here in lovely Denver attending the American Educational Research Association's conference.  I'll be updating with some thou...

New York is reportedly considering granting alternative certification programs the ability to award master's degrees to teachers. I h...

I've heard numerous intelligent and knowledgeable people argue for the abolition of tenure over the past few years.  It's a pretty e...

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...