Quotable & Notable
?Maybe charter schools, merit pay, and vouchers won't instantly turn every American child into a test-taking dynamo. But if they ?only? create a more cost-effective system that makes parents and students happier with their schools?well, that would be no small feat, and well worth fighting for.?
Just can't get enough?
Who wants to read more commentary about Waiting for ?Superman?? Not me. But if you do, the latest New Yorker has a review. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Chill in chief?
The Cato Institute's Neal McCluskey writes that President Obama is attempting to scare Americans by claiming that Republicans will cut education funding by 20 percent. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Choice insights
Ross Douthat, in his New York Times column, highlights Rick Hess's essay from the latest issue of National Affairs.
Build a better teacher
Two education-related articles appeared in the Outlook section of yesterday's Washington Post. One is worth reading. In ?Why aren't our teachers the best and brightest,?
And the Answer is? (Shh! We Can't Tell You!)
Peter MeyerThough nothing that most educators didn't know, Jennifer Medina's front-page story in the New York Times this morning is worth reading?if you like reviewing, in slow motion, the tape of a train wreck.
Six Years Later, Still No Case Against the Zero
Chris IrvineIn 2004, Douglas B. Reeves published The Case Against the Zero, an article decried by classroom teachers as a tool to manipulate classroom grades.?