Thoughts on Education Policy

Corey : Last time , we discussed the effects of under-performing principals versus under-performing teachers in schools, including some ways...

Corey:  I have a shorter and simpler (sort of) topic this week.  One can’t read more than a couple of blog posts or newspaper/magazine artic...

March 1st marked the release of Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives  by David L. Kirp ( purchase ), a profess...

Here's what you can expect on this blog over the next couple months as the semester wraps up: On Mondays, I'll try to post the lat...

Corey:  Last week , we discussed how to deal with disaffected students in the classroom. One theme that emerged in the discussion was the po...

Corey: Last week , we discussed who should go to college and who shouldn’t. Part of that depends on who will benefit from more schooling and...

This is the first installment of what I hope to make a recurring series of education roundtables . Corey: EdWeek just ran an article on a...

Starting this morning, I'm going to introduce a new feature on this blog: education roundtables.  The basic premise is that I'm goin...

Earlier , I wrote a post pointing out that Teach For America members can do a lot of good after their two-year commitment is up even if they...