Winerip asks a question
If Michael Winerip is to be taken at his word, then his latest New York Times piece, published Sunday, is meant merely to make the reader ask?himself?whether the fact that?lots of?so-called ?education reformers?
Quotable & notable
?We will never get a new paradigm of learning in our schools unless we change our assessment system.'' * ?James Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University
Public or private school?
Michael Winerip has released the flood gates with his Sunday column in this week's New York Times. In it, he calls into question the resolve, capacity, and genuineness of education reformers (Fordham's own Checker Finn included) who attended private high schools.
This Bud's for Jay; or, Just Fly Me There
Peter MeyerThe other day Jay Greene unveiled his Tight-Loose Travel Agency, as a followup to his Fordham Report Drinking Game.?
The Feds can't fix district finances
Chris TessoneWe at Fordham strongly believe school districts can and should learn to spend their dollars more effectively. That said, I can't agree with Kristi Bowman's idea that Congress should mandate "fiscal accountability measures" in its reauthorization of ESEA: