June 30, 2014 Archives

Week of June 30, 2014 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, June 30

Public Unionism's 'Gravest Threat' Looms Large

M. Brickman, Flypaper

Higher Ed Data Plan Would Supersize Burden

Clare McCann, EdCentral

Stop Ignoring the Data

Daniel Willingham, RealClearEducation

Access to Effective Teaching is New Equality

DeMonte & Pennington, CAP

Americans Think We Have World’s Best Colleges. False.

K. Carey, NYT

The Education of Bill

Editorial Board, New York Post

Ed Chief Huffman Runs Afoul of Politics

Frank Daniels III, The Tennessean

New Rules to Address Campus Rape

Editorial Board, New York Times

Raising Standards in New York's Schools

Harold Ford Jr., New York Post

Stopping Campus Rape

Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Tuesday, July 1

Ed Law Briefly: Title IX Violation over Prime Time Sports?

PELT, RCEd

Teachers Unions Use 'Core' to Undermine Reform

Eric A. Hanushek, WSJ

Simplifying Financial Aid Applications

Dynarski & Wiederspan, Upshot

SCOTUS Did Not Just Kill Public Sector Unions

Jake Rosenfeld, Politico

Proposed E-Rate Changes 'Big Disappointment'

Rural Education Groups

Distemperate Response to the 'Ed Tech Revolution’

K. Brennan, EdSurge

How Finland Keeps Kids Focused Through Free Play

Tim Walker, Atlantic

Wednesday, July 2

Unfinished Business: The Civil Rights Act and Ed

R. Hutchings, EdWeek

I Decided to Build a School for Harlem's Poor Boys

Corey Blay, WashPost

Corinthian Students Better Off after Closing?

Kevin Carey, The Upshot

Grad Conundrum for Students with Disabilities

Jay Mathews, WaPo

Difficult Problems After the Death of Nuance

Fredrik deBoer

Classroom Craft before Classroom Keys

Dan Brown, RealClearEducation

4 Lawsuits That Could Inflict More Damage on Unions

Andy Kroll, MoJo

Close Teaching Gap to Close Achievement Gap

L. Darling-Hammond, HP

Teachers And Reform, On A Need To Know Basis

M. Di Carlo, Shanker Blog

Thursday, July 3

Implications of Flat or Declining Real Wages

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Macroblog

It’s the Educonomy, Stupid, (Video)

Brandon Busteed, The Gallup Blog

A Missed Opportunity for Common Core

Robert Pondiscio, Fordham

Charter? Traditional? If Kids Learn, Who Cares?

T. Watkins, Detroit FP

Open Data Starting to Bring Value to Education

D. Owens, RCEducation