March 9, 2015 Archives

Week of March 9, 2015 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, March 9

Schools Are Not Too Rigorous for Low-Income Kids

Jay Mathews, WP

Is the Teaching Profession Not Pink Enough?

Jill Barshay, Hechinger

When More Years Working Means Fewer Dollars Later

Leslie Kan, RCEd

SXSWedu Blended Learning Sessions Not to Miss

Bennet Ratcliff, RCEd

Let States Take the Lead in Education

Jeb Bush, The Washington Post

Are Barely-Trained Teachers Just as Good as Ed Majors?

J. Joyner, CSM

Pre-K for the Rich

Editorial Board, New York Post

As an Adjunct at 4 Unis., Still Couldn't Make Ends Meet

T. Paperny, WP

How Not To Improve New Teacher Evaluation Systems

M. Di Carlo, SB

Tuesday, March 10

A 'Special' Relationship

Editorial Board, The New York Post

Wednesday, March 11

Gender Gap in Education Cuts Both Ways

Eduardo Porter, NY Times

Are Public Universities Becoming Bastions of Privilege?

S. Burd, HR

When a Teacher's Job Depends on a Child's Test

R. Mead, New Yorker

College for a New Age

Joe Nocera, The New York Times

Government Is Not the Enemy

Peter Wehner, The New York Times

Black Ed Leaders: Why Reformers Need Attitude Fix

C. Campbell, CRPE

Ed Law Briefly: Parents Liable for Negligent Supervision

PELT, RCEd

Expelled OU Students Have a Strong Free-Speech Defense

C. Farias, NR

Beyond The End of College

Michael Roth, The Atlantic

How to Improve Grad Rates at Community Colleges

S. Dynarski, NYT

Thursday, March 12

What Net Neutrality Means for Dig. Inequality & Ed

Katz & Levine, Slate

The Smoke and Fire From TFA Evaluations

M. Di Carlo, Shanker Blog

NCLB Rewrite Can Learn from Charter Sector

Baxter & Medler, RCEd

Thomas Piketty Is Wrong About Education

Ryan Cooper, The Week

Lending Bankrupt Students a Hand

Megan McArdle, BloombergView

Liberal Arts Offer 'Workplace Skills' Critics Demand

David Maxwell, HR

Friday, March 13

How to fix No Child Left Behind

Diane Ravitch, EdSource

Reaching Math Students One by One

Tina Rosenberg, New York Times

There Isn’t Really a Mass Exodus of Good Teachers

L. Kohlmoos, RCEd

Citizenship Tests Are Good for Citizens, Too

The Editors, BloombergView

Why Do American Students Have So Little Power?

A. Ripley, Atlantic

Snyder Hasn't Earned More Troubled School Leeway

S. Henderson, DFP

How to Survive the College Admissions Madness

Frank Bruni, NY Times

How Teachers and CEOs Are Alike

Aaron Schildkrout, Education Week