Week of March 10, 2014 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, March 10
Good Steps Against Unpaid Internships
Editorial Board, New York Times
The De Blasio Paradox
Andy Smarick, Flypaper
A Charter School Space Solution
Gideon Stein, NY Daily News
Two Myths About the SAT
Robert VerBruggen, RealClearPolicy
Surprising Secrets of How Much We Test Kids
Jay Mathews, WaPo
Good Things Come in Small Packages
Matthew Di Carlo, Shanker Blog
Rewarding, Employing Teachers on Value-Added
Caroline Hoxby, EdNext
Why Teachers May Resort to 'Work to the Rule'
Dean Howarth, WaPo
Save Us From the SAT
Jennifer Finney Boylan, The New York Times
Billionaire-Backed Ed Groups Battle Unions
Rachel Baye, CPI
Ravitch Opposition to Accountability Unrealistic
Tim Swarens, IndyStar
Tuesday, March 11
Can Writing Be Assessed?
Room for Debate, The New York Times
True Lessons of East Asian Education
Jung-Kyu Kim, The Huffington Post
Do We Underestimate Our Youngest Learners?
Daniel Willingham, RCE
We Need More Tests, Not Fewer
John D. Mayer, The New York Times
Don't Fix If It Ain't Broke
Angelica Blanchette, Common Core Watch
Accountability and Motivation
Mark Tucker, Education Week
Reed: One of the Most Powerful People in Ed
L.S. Hall, Inside Philanthropy
Wednesday, March 12
Ind.'s Uncommon Ruckus Over Standards
Alicia M. Cohn, The Foundry
Parents, Teachers at War Over Tests
Esther J. Cepeda, IndyStar
Kansas Courts Get It Right
Eric A. Hanushek, EdNext
Public Pensions Give Equal Pay for Equal Work?
M. Chingos, Brookings
We Teachers Can't Just Say 'No'
Paul Toner, RealClearEducation
Help Me Be America's STEM Future
Joshua Mathew, RealClearEducation
Urgent Action Needed to Keep Federal Ed Funding
Seattle Times
De Blasio Has It Right on Charters
Jeff Bryant, Ed Opportunity Network
Cuomo Undercutting de Blasio School Control
J. Gonzalez, NY Daily News
D.C. Schools' Gaping Achievement Gap
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
Thursday, March 13
Charter Schools Are Under Attack
Editors, BloombergView
Put the Sex Back in Sex Ed
Camille Paglia, Time
Education in California: Dance of the Lemons
The Economist
School System Frozen in Time
Anne Hyslop, RealClearEducation
De Blasio vs. Everyone Else
Rotherham & Whitmire, Slate
Why a Longer School Year Matters
Matthew Specht, RealClearEducation
Why NY Charter Fight Is Way Off-Base
Altman & Hughes, WSJ
Choosing to Learn
Joseph Bast, et al., National Review Online
Friday, March 14
Duncan: Mass. Can't Be Complacent About Ed
Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe
Privacy Bills Seek Private Benefit
Tom Vander Ark, RealClearEducation
Common Core 'Spring Training'
Northern & Petrilli, RealClearEducation
No Easy Task in Bid to Find Pre-K Seats
Jim Dwyer, New York Times
The 2 Words Obama Won't Say
Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post
'World Savvy' Education Needed
Dana Mortenson, Forbes
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