Commentary
Commentary
4.1.2008
Home Improvement, NCLB Edition
Michael J. PetrilliAt Slate, the University of Virginia's Jim Ryan offers a brilliant plan to fix No Child Left Behind. Why so brilliant? Well, he agrees with us; his to-do list looks a lot like ours:
Commentary
4.1.2008
This but not That
Spellings definitely thinks we should have a national way of calculating the number of dropouts.
Commentary
4.1.2008
Let's not talk about sex
The New York Times seems especially fascinated with smart kids who don't sleep with each other.
Commentary
4.1.2008
Vicious cycle
Eric OsbergThe New York Times reports today on the admissions crunch at Ivy League schools. Due to record numbers of applicants, Harvard's acceptance rate this year is down to a new low of 7.1 percent, and other schools are setting their own records as well. Why?