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Minorities in Higher Education 2008, Twenty-Third Status Report
Mikyung RyuAmerican Council on EducationOctober 2008
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ISO vigorous research chief and feisty stats head
Oceans of ink and big chunks of cyberspace and the radio spectrum will be consumed, starting a few weeks hence, by speculation about who will or should or mustn't occupy key roles in the Presidential administration of John McCain or Barack Obama.
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Historical change
Everyone knows that this year's is a "change" election, and everyone also knows that our education system could benefit from some real change, too. I vote for reinserting history and related subjects back into the curriculum.
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Impoliticking
It's no military step routine for sure, but the recent federal suit filed by the New York City United Federation of Teachers is certainly out of step. At issue is a city policy that makes political buttons and signs verboten in schools.
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Improvement is for everyone?
Here's a riddle. You're the Secretary of Education. A deeply unpopular law is starting to label even good schools as failures. What do you do? Think positive! "Pretty much every organization needs improvement," Margaret Spellings told the New York Times this week. That's certainly true as far as it goes; even Gadfly tries to muscle-up his wings from time to time.
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Tenurita
As the Holy Rabbi would say, it could always be worse. While Bob Schieffer told the nation last night that our education system trails "most of the countries of the world," surely he didn't have Mexico in mind.
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Demography Defeated: Florida's K-12 Reforms and Their Lessons for the Nation
Dan Lips and Matthew LadnerGoldwater InstituteSeptember 2008
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Parental discipline redux
Extra chores, withheld desserts, and grounding may be going the way of poodle skirts and cherry coke floats if the latest installments in the Nebraska safe-haven law saga are any indication.
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Live: From Brown to "Bong Hits"
Wide-ranging presentations and lively discussion today at the AEI/Fordham conference on judicial involvement in education!
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Since tonight's debate won't talk education...
...I will. It's a safe bet that education won't be a big part of tonight's presidential debate, so if you need to ponder what an McCain or Obama administration should or could do, two NY Times blog entries from earlier this week have some interesting thoughts.