February 27, 2017 Archives

Week of February 27, 2017 Archives

RealClearEducation Morning Edition

Monday, February 27

Transgender Fight Now in Supreme Court's Hands

Lydia Wheeler, The Hill

Gov. Malloy: Follow Obama's Transgender Bathroom Policy

S. Berry, Breitbart

Transgender Wrestler Wins Texas Championship for Girls

Reuters

Factory Jobs Exist, CEOs Tell Trump. Skills Don't.

Trump to Expand D.C.'s Voucher Program

Emma Brown, WaPo

40 ESSA Rules Endangered by Republican Repeal Efforts

A. Hyslop, Fordham

Kids in Finland Learn Computer Science Without Computers

Emily Deruy, Atlantic

Senate Dems Question Role of DeVos Advisory Group

Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Diverse

Intellectual Diversity at College

WSJ

The Campus Kangaroo Courts

Michael Poliakoff, City Journal

Jennifer Garner Stresses Early Education With U.S. Governors

FOX News

School Seminar Sparks Civil Rights Debate

A. Miller, Daily Mail

Student Veterans Are Outpacing Classmates

Jon Marcus, Hechinger

Grad Students Push for Unions at More Private Colleges

Melissa Korn, WSJ

Transforming Teacher Preparation and Licensure

Eric Steinhauer, ETS

Tuesday, February 28

Trump's First Speech to Congress: Four Things to Watch

Alyson Klein, EdWeek

Trump & DeVos Reach Out to Historically Black Colleges

Susan Svrulga, WaPo

The 'Shaming' of Betsy DeVos

William McGurn, WSJ

Dear Sec. DeVos, Reach Out to Rural Students

Juliet Squire, US News

Congress to Kill ESSA Rules, Let States Do as They Please

Conor Williams, The74

Damning Study Finds Lousy Returns on Online Education

J. Berman, Market Watch

College Faculty's New Focus: Don't Offend

Douglas Belkin, WSJ

How to Move Past Ideology in the Education Debate

Aaron North, Kansas City Star

NYC Tries to Keep Kids Out of the Criminal Justice System

A. Zimmerman, Chalkbeat

Chance the Rapper to Talk Chicago Education With Gov

Kate Feldman, NY Daily News

One Million Teachers Don't Get Social Security

A. Rotherham & K. Schmitz, The74

Innovation in Education Through Crowdsourcing

Meghna Tare, Triple Pundit

Our Crisis of Democracy Is a Crisis of Education

G. Brown-Martin, openDemocracy

Teacher Sees How Cheating Can Raise Graduation Rates

Jay Mathews, WaPo

Wednesday, March 1

Trump Calls Education 'Civil Rights Issue of Our Time'

A. Klein & A. Ujifusa, EdWeek

How Would Trump Accomplish His Voucher Program?

Joy Resmovits, LA Times

After Backlash, DeVos Backpedals on HBCUs

Y. Alcindor, NY Times

Trump Moves HBCU Program Into the White House

D. Douglas-Gabriel, WaPo

Executive Order Falls Short of Some HBCU Leaders' Hopes

Adam Harris, Chronicle

The GOP's Long History With Black Colleges

L.W. Rigueur & T. Johnson, Politico

The Trump Admin Is Not Attacking Transgender Students

Nat Malkus, RCEducation

How Pop Culture Misrepresents Educators

Andrew Simmons, Atlantic

Competency-Based Learning for Teachers

M. Horn & T. Arnett, EducationNext

College Loans Are Making It Harder for Parents to Retire

J. Berman, MarketWatch

'Dirty Jobs' Star Mike Rowe Stumps for Career and Tech Ed

Carolyn Phenicie, The74

How a ‘Second Chance’ College Produced the Team to Beat

Louie Lazar, NY Times

Thursday, March 2

Trump's First School Visit Is to a Florida Catholic School

Valerie Strauss, WaPo

Common Core Has Disappeared From Trump's Remarks

F. Barnes, Weekly Standard

Common Core Opt Outs Expected Again

N. Schutzman, Poughkeepsie Journal

K-12 Predictive Analytics: Time for a Better Dropout Diagnosis

Joel Boyd, RCEd

3 Lies About Student Loans You Should Stop Believing

M. Woodruff, Business Insider

Trump's Civil Rights Claim Gets an 'F'

D. Watkins, Salon

What Trump Revealed About His Approach to Education

Andy Smarick, AEI Ideas

ESAs Would Help 'the Land of Opportunity' Live Up to Its Name

T. Benson, RCEd

Coding Boot Camps Band Together to Boost Accountability

Douglas Belkin, WSJ

Is Charter School Growth Flat-Lining?

Robin Lake, EducationNext

Critics Worry DeVos Will Use Federal Power Against Them

N. McCluskey, Hechinger

Senate Republicans: Save the Regs!

Mike Petrilli, Fordham

States Take the Lead in School Reform

Jason Riley, WSJ

Friday, March 3

Pres. Trump Delivers on Education Promises

Betsy DeVos, USA Today

DeVos Was Right! Bear Puts Schools on Lockdown

B. Manzullo, Detroit Free Press

Ms. DeVos’s Fake History About School Choice

Editorial Board, NY Times

School Choice War Goes Hot

Neal McCluskey, Cato

Kansas Supreme Court Orders More Education Spending

The Kansas City Star

A Silicon Valley High School Turned $15,000 Into Millions

Alison Griswold, Quartz

This Reporter Uncovered the Year's Biggest Education Scandal

Matt Barnum, The74

Will Unions Cripple Kentucky's Belated Charter-School Effort?

Allysia Finley, WSJ

Everything DeVos Said About HBCUs Was Correct

Joy Pullman, The Federalist

Betsy DeVos’s Power Over Black Colleges

Ivory A. Toldson, NY Times

The Continued Mis-Education of Black Americans

Manuela Ekowo, New America