Harvard psychologist Susan Linn, co-founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, sees something devilish lurking behind Pizza Hut's "Book It" program, which rewards young readers with free pizzas.
David Brooks is softening. He's looking for "creative" presidential candidates willing to "talk about improving the lives of students" instead of just talking "about improving the schools." The creative ones "will emphasize that education is a cumulative process that begins at the dawn of life." Sen.
If there was the slightest doubt that Steve Jobs is one of the most courageous men of our time, it was dispelled dramatically on February 16th. There he was at a high profile education conference when, in what I believe was a spontaneous outburst, he decided to take on teacher unions.
The Gadfly's attempts to maintain ("The problem with nuance," March 1, 2007) that it has not done a flip-flop about the control of education in the various states by federal bureaucrats, e.g., its present approval of the NCLB Act, is much like a woman arguing that she is only partly pregnant.
Rod PaigeThomas Nelson Publishers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive WorkforceMarch 2007
Center on Education PolicyFebruary 2007
