Thoughts on Education Policy

I'm all for calling people out when they say ridiculous things, but it seems like we're a little too hasty with the accusations and ...

The Times had an interesting little article in yesterday's Week in Review section entitled "Plan B: Skip College" .  The artic...

I taught a section of an undergraduate public policy course this spring (part of the reason the blog updates have been few and far between) ...

James Kwak has an interesting post entitled "Why Do Harvard Kids Head to Wall Street?"  Most interesting to me is that, at least...

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...