April 21, 2014 Archives

Week of April 21, 2014 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, April 21

The Next Juvenile Justice Reform

Editorial Board, New York Times

Teachers And Social Security

Andrew J. Rotherham, Eduwonk

LISTEN: Teachers Sound Off on N.Y. English Tests

Beth Fertig, WNYC

Tuesday, April 22

Supreme Court Opinion on Mich. Affirmative Action

SCOTUS

SCOTUS Upholds a Race Preference Ban

Robert VerBruggen, RCPolicy

Ore. and Tenn. Could Radically Change Higher Ed

Cheng Dai, PolicyMic

How to Create a New K-12 Engine

Paul Reville, EdWeek

Kids Don't Learn Better Because They're Young

D. Willingham, RCEd

Students Pursue Env. Progress, Not Exam Grades

Andrew C. Revkin, NYT

Treating Education as a Zero-Sum Game

Peter DeWitt, EdWeek

Common-Core Critics Can’t Just Say No

Frederick Hess, Education Next

How Well Do Teen Scores Predict Adult Income?

P. Cohen, Family Ineq.

Ed Law Briefly: Opt-Out v. Opt-In for Single Sex Education

PELT, RCEd

Wednesday, April 23

Racial Equality Loses at the Court

Editorial Board, The New York Times

Not Oppressive, Ending Affirmative Action Anyway

Mike Sacks, TDB

5 Takeaways from Affirmative-Action Ruling

Josh Gerstein, Politico

Does SCOTUS Ruling Mean Race No Longer Matters?

Emily Bazelon, Slate

Answers on Affirmative Action Vary

Allison Kopicki, New York Times

The Privatization of Public Colleges in 2 Charts

Jordan Weissmann, Slate

Will Republicans Back Early Education?

Sen. Patty Murray, Politico

NCAA's Vague Standards, Unclear Review

Jeff Kwitowski , thinktanK12

Thursday, April 24

Va. Tests: Getting What Was Asked For

Chris Braunlich, Times-Dispatch

NCLB Letter to Wash. Dept. of Public Instruction

Arne Duncan, USDOE

'Common Core' Demonized as Obamacore

Editorial Board, USA Today

The Schuette Decision

Frederick M. Hess, AEI Ideas

Student Loan Forgiveness Isn't Free

Megan McArdle, BloombergView

Leave Education to Local Control

Bobby Jindal, USA Today

College Raises Wages, Not Close Income Gap

Cuellar & Johnson, EdSource

Shakespeare’s Birthday and the Death of Humanities

J. Greene, EdNext

Teacher Ed: No Longer 'Business as Usual'

Hurd & Weilbacher, EdWeek

Friday, April 25

Night of the Living Fed(eral Education Law)

Anne Hyslop, RealClearEd

What inBloom Failure Means for Student-Data Industry

A. Bogle, Slate

Did SCOTUS End Affirmative Action?

L. Denniston, Constitution Daily

Affirmative Action's Job Isn't Done in the U.S.

P. Dwyer, BloombergView

College Doesn't Pay Off for Everyone

Kevin Drum, Mother Joens

End College Legacy Preferences

Evan J. Mandery, The New York Times

Superintendent Duncan Yanks Wash. Waiver

F.M. Hess, AEI Ideas

Race Matters: Class-Based Affirmative Action Won't Heal

J. Bouie, Slate

Has Ed Reform Failed?

Terry M. Moe, Defining Ideas

To Fight Inequality, Let's Focus on Education

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, HP

Most Mich. Teachers To Never Collect Pensions

C. Aldeman, Detroit News