February 23, 2015 Archives

Week of February 23, 2015 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, February 23

Don't Make Children Pawns in N.Y. Ed Debate

Editorial Board, Syracuse

A Case for Opening Schools to Worship

Noah Feldman, BloombergView

Congress Must OK Funding to Open Preschool Access

Arne Duncan, SFC

Positive School Reform: Reimagining ESEA

Jack Jennings, EdWeek

Knowledge Isn’t Power

Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Chester Needs to Go

Editorial Board, The Boston Herald

Why Chevron Is Helping Fund STEM Education

Tim Bajarin, TIME

Girls Dropping Math? Blame Teachers

Cass R. Sunstein, BloombergView

Students Are Returning to For-Profit Colleges

Jill Barshay, Hechinger

Can Gifted Education Survive Common Core?

Finn & Northern, CCW

Don’t Give Up the Gains in Education

Editorial Board, New York Times

Want Better Schools? Try Reforming School Boards

Robert Litan, WSJ

Excellent Teachers Should Have Crowded Classrooms

K. Braun, MLive

Campus Life and Guns

Editorial Board, The New York Times

New Tests No Walk in the PARCC

Marilou Johanek, Toledo Blade

Republicans Ignore Glenda Ritz's Mandate

Tim Lanane, IndyStar

More Money Doesn't Equal Better Schools

A.B. Hinkle, R. Times-Dispatch

Mass.'s Vocational Education Problem

Miriam Wasser, Boston Magazine

Tuesday, February 24

Sample Size, Volatility in School Accountability

M. Di Carlo, Shanker

In a Tough Spot, the SRC Got It Right

Christine Carlson, The Notebook

Overlooked: Why Charters Serve Fewer Poor

Matthew Brooke, Notebook

NCLB, Testing Help Hold Schools Accountable

Paul. E. Peterson, LAT

No Child Left Behind: How to End 'Teaching to the Test'

Edit Board, LAT

A Plan to Expand Preschool in ESEA

CAP, AFT, CDF, NAESP, NEA & NCLD

How Different the U.S. Ed System Is vs. Other Nations

J. Hatfield, AEI

Teachers Unions' Campaign Finance Problem

R. Biddle, Dropout Nation

Why Americans Need a New Education Law

Todd Rokita, Wash. Examiner

Opting Out to Help Save Public Education

Darcie Cimarusti, NJ Spotlight

Wednesday, February 25

What Happens Without Fed Ed Guardrails

Hiler & Hatalsky, Third Way

Education Funding Taking Hits Nationwide

R.L. Breuder, Huffington Post

A Perfect Storm Is Heading Toward Higher Education

S. Cohen, TIME

Actual Growth Measures Make A Big Difference

M. Di Carlo, Shanker Blog

How to Make College Cheaper

Steve Cohen, The New York Times

Jeb Bush Is Winning the Wonk Primary

David Weigel, Bloomberg

K-12, Higher Ed Must Collide to Improve Outcomes

D.D. Baker, HP

Fixing Fatal Flaw of Performance Based Funding

B. Barrett, EdCentral

What Diane Douglas Doesn't Get About Common Core

P. O'Grady, PBJ

Colleges Aren’t Equipped to Investigate Rape

Mark Joseph Stern, Slate

Thursday, February 26

Congress Yet to Address Outdated NCLB Metrics

R. Rothman, Hechinger

5 Lessons Education Research Taught Us In 2014

Owen Phillips, NPR

'Core' Works -- When Teachers, Parents Get Say

Jayne Ellspermann, HR

Are 'Learning Styles' a Symptom of Education's Ills?

Anna North, NYT

Ed's Role in Reversing Mass Incarceration

Irvin Weathersby Jr., Atlantic

Friday, February 27

The Republican Curriculum on Common Core

Editorial Board, Wash Post

A Town Where a School Bus Is More Than a Bus

Sam Chaltain, NY Times

Charter Schools Do Not Equal Ed Reform

D.W. Hornbeck, Baltimore Sun

Why Isn't Sex Education a Part of Common Core?

Alice Dreger, PS

Community Colleges That Work

Editorial Board, New York Times

Scott Walker: A Not So Shining Example

Andrew J. Rotherham, U.S. News