Commentary
Commentary
Here we go again: what's wrong with "black boys"?
The answer, to my mind, is nothing that a good school wouldn't fix. Perhaps you could convince me that we are taking two steps forward and only one step backward in our focus on educating ?black boys.?? (I hate the term more than the N-word.)? But most of the time it feels as if we're doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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Martha Derthick: Duncan can't make new laws
The following is a guest post from Martha Derthick, a political scientist retired from the government and foreign affairs faculty at the University of Virginia. Derthick co-authors the Education Next quarterly column, Legal Beat.
Commentary
Quotable & notable
?This city did not get into this financial mess by overpaying teachers.'' * ?Karen Lewis, President, Chicago Teacher's Union
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Curriculum & Instruction
The importance of history
The following, by Peter Wehner, originally appeared on the Commentary Magazine blog.