Week of March 23, 2015 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, March 23
Parents Should Welcome New Common Core Tests
Jonah Edelman, TDB
Stop Reforming, Start Disrupting Education
Drew Clark, Deseret News
Both Parties Are Nervous About 2016
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Amid Stacks of Textbooks, Aiming to Turn the Page
M. Newall, Inquirer
In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas
Judith Shulevitz, NY Times
Tuesday, March 24
Rolling Back HS Grad Standards a Bad Idea
William McKenzie, DMN
When It Does Matter Where You Go to College
Jeffrey J. Selingo, WaPost
The Role of Parents in Improving School Diversity
Leslie Seifert, Atlantic
Ed Law Briefly: Student's Rap Song with Profane Lyrics
PELT, RCEd
Utopia's Jailers
Kevin D. Williamson, National Review Online
10 Takeaways From CCSSO Leg Panel
Andrew J. Rotherham, Eduwonk
No State Leader Left Behind
Nina Rees, U.S. News & World Report
Wednesday, March 25
Grading Teachers by the Test
Eduardo Porter, The New York Times
What's Test Opt-Out Movement's End Game?
Celine Coggins, RealClearEd
A Struggle Worth Having for Students
Kyle Schwartz, Washington Post
Did Jeb Bush Improve Education in Florida?
Ken McIntyre, Newsweek
Why I love Common Core
Kyle Schwartz, Chicago Tribune
Frank Bruni Is Wrong About Ivy League Schools
Jonathan Wai, Quartz
'Promising' Way in College for Low-Income Students
Stephen Burd, HR
Thursday, March 26
Common Core and Common Values
Mark Buchanan, BloombergView
$1M Global Teacher Prize Winner is Dead Wrong
D. Brown, RealClearEd
Debunked: $1T in Student Debt & Other Liberal Arts Myths
N. Gray, HR
Atlanta Might Be Getting Dumber
Jordan Weissmann, Slate
Teachers' Pensions & Overgrazed Commons
Podgursky & Roza, Governing
Against Media Claims, Fla. 'Core' Tests Went Well
J. Ellspermann, HR
Student-Loan Default Rates Are Easily Gamed
Ben Miller, CHE
The Price of Mayoral Control
Editorial Board, New York Post
Friday, March 27
March Madness Hate: Duke, Ky., Pearson, Common Core
E. Zhao, RCEd
Why America's Obsession with STEM Ed Is Dangerous
F. Zakaria, WP
Expand the Federal Role in Education
Peter Cunningham, RCEducation
Finland Is Bored With School
Leonid Bershidsky, BloombergView
Chancellor Tisch's Empty Rhetoric on 'Opting Out'
Aaron Pallas, HR
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