It's here and it's hot. In the top spot, you'll find Mike's ideas on how we should couple responsibility with accountability. Although the government can do very little to influence the raising of children in the privacy of our nation's homes, he argues, there is one thing it can do: be a bully pulpit for taking responsibility for our children. And maybe recruiting Bill Cosby as spokesman. Then, take a peek at how Catholic schools' recent renaissance may be too little too late, why Duncan's Chicago exit breeds hope for his Washington entrance, and why Bush may get the last laugh on education after all. Checker then reviews two new books--one by James Tooley, he of Third World private school research, and the other by Alex Standish on cleaning up geography curricula--and Amber takes a look at a new sensible overview of alternative teacher preparation. Don't forget the podcast, wherein Mike and Rick discuss the inauguration (of course), the stimulus plan, and accusations that charters cost more than traditional schools (they don't). Finally, Charles Miller, grandfather of Texas education reform, responds to Robin Lake's editorial on the partisanship of Bush's influence on charter schools. Baloney, quoth he! All this and more can be found right here.
