April 7, 2014 Archives

Week of April 7, 2014 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, April 7

Why Ed Spending Doesn't Grow the Economy

C. Kenny, BusinessWeek

8 (No, 9!) Problems With Big Data

Gary Marcus & Ernest Davis, NYT

De Blasio Trounces Eric Cantor in Big Upset

Barone & LeBuhn, DFER

Charter School Refugees

Andrea Gabor, The New York Times

Opting Out of Standardized Tests? Wrong Answer

Michelle Rhee, WaPo

Oppressed by the Ivy League

The Wall Street Journal

Fight Over Troubled NY Teachers Union

RiShawn Biddle, Dropout Nation

Will Kansas Ban Counting to 100 and Reading?

M. Brickman, Flypaper

De Blasio's Move

Editorial Board, New York Post

Tuesday, April 8

Problem With PISA's Problem Solving Results

Daniel Willingham, RCEd

Ed Reformers Use Fox News-Style Scaremongering

P. Rosenberg, Salon

Schools Can Overcome Challenges of Poverty

Pamela Cantor, Hechinger

Jeb Bush Isn't a Fantasy Candidate

Ramesh Ponnuru, BloombergView

Wednesday, April 9

To Curb School Lunch Waste, Ease Rules

Editorial Board, LA Times

Ryan Budget Would 'Devastate' Schools

Committee for Education Funding

Gov. Cuomo Drops the Ball

Editorial Board, The New York Times

Why Asian American Kids Excel. It's Not Tiger Moms

Fred Barbash, WaPo

In an Online World, Are Brick and Mortar Colleges Obsolete?

NPR

How Higher Ed Contributes to Inequality

Dana Goldstein, The Atlantic

Broad Prize Raises Bar for Urban School Reform

F.M. Hess, AEI Ideas

Thursday, April 10

Where the G.O.P. Gets It Right

Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

What's in Rubio's Income Share Agreement Bill?

Alex Holt, EdCentral

We Need to Talk About the Test

Elizabeth Phillips, The New York Times

Embracing PARCC Leads U.S. in Forward

E.G. Berman, Chalkbeat Colo.

Friday, April 11

The Teacher Leadership Conundrum

Tony Klemmer, RealClearEducation

Her First, and Last, Book

Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

A Flexner Report on Teacher Preparation

Thomas J. Kane, EducationNext

Where's the Recovery for Public Colleges?

C. Flavelle, BloombergView

Will 'Core' Tests Produce Meaningful Results?

F. M. Hess, AEI Ideas