Those silly Canadians
Baffled by America's arcane process for electing a president, the Edmonton Sun's Edward Greenspan has this to say:
Baffled by America's arcane process for electing a president, the Edmonton Sun's Edward Greenspan has this to say:
The latest issue of Commentary contains a review of Checker's newest book, Troublemaker. It's available here for subscribers.
With the release of every new education report, it seems, we hear from commentators that the findings are promising but certainly do not constitute a "silver bullet" or a "panacea" for k-12's problems. No longer.
Republicans should be thankful that, according to Rasmussen,* education ranks only sixth out of ten issues for American voters right now, because Congressional Democrats are opening up a big
Brian Greene, a Columbia professor who wrote two top-selling popularizations of
It seems that students at top colleges can't soon shed the feelings of anxiety that accompanied their hypercompetitive high-school careers.
My recent post on special education (SPED) had one education scholar emailing me to
Or at least compassionate conservatism, of which NCLB is a cornerstone. So implieth Michael Gerson in this morning's Washington Post.
John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, writes in National Review a solid, sweeping article about higher education. It's currently available only to subscribers (they, and hackers, may read it here). Some good parts:
The problem here elicited is a problem--at??least because it engenders a lot of boring writing--and I'm convinced that it's getting worse. (No, I don't have data to support that.) Today's k-12 system generally ignores writing and today's colleges demand lousy writing, so there you go.
Worth keeping an eye on this, especially because "the Senate plan would require schools to administer state tests to voucher students."
It's entirely appropriate that the Louisiana Senate would require schools participating in a possible New Orleans voucher program to "administer state tests to voucher students." That's hardly out of line for other voucher programs.
Mike and I can disagree all day, during normal business hours, about the level of transparency we should demand from voucher schools. But in the NOLA case, the issue is "contentious" and might stall the $10 million proposal (although the city's Catholic schools will accept standardized testing--they're desperate).
The pressure high school students face to get into top colleges has intensified to the point that it's susceptible to some hilarious satirizing.
Mike and Liam discuss Mike's controversial Gadfly article on the burdensome health care costs associated with teacher obesity. httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=fOux-s2t0Xo
One of Senator John McCain's most attractive virtues is his willingness to stand on principle even in the face of adversity. He promoted comprehensive immigration reform even though his own party's base hated it. He continues to support the Iraq War even though the public wants the troops out.
Not happy that the McCain campaign is using an Ed Week article he wrote last year to demonstrate Obama's thin record on educatio
That's right, it does. This week's issue is out. Don't miss Mike's feature article, which argues that we need fewer chunky teachers in our public schools.
Wondering why all that extra federal money for "teacher quality" just seems to get absorbed by the system? Maybe this is why.
Reports the BBC: "A university has asked students to refrain from throwing their mortar board hats in the air to celebrate graduation in case someone gets hurt." Smart. Hat-related injuries can and do occur.
Books like this are fine, but it's incorrect (title of book in question notwithstanding) to see them as diagnosing a "national problem." The temptation exists, of course, to find in their stories reflections of a country in which high school students don't eat lunch (no time!), in which parents w
It's on. And with ESPN360, you don't have to miss a moment. A moment like this. Update: Or this!
As part of its effort to trim $200 million from its budget, the New York City Department of Ed will take down a notch its plan to expand screening programs for gifted and talented pupils.