June 1, 2015 Archives

Week of June 1, 2015 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, June 1

The Education Assassins

Frank Bruni, The New York Times

Christie's Common Core Flip-Flop Leaves Kids in Lurch

M. Weber, NJS

Great Teachers Save Lives (Literally)

Jonah Edelman, The Daily Beast

Tuesday, June 2

Everybody to the Right

Max Eden, U.S. News & World Report

N.Y. Teachers Unions' 'Choice' Charade

Jason Bedrick, New York Post

Indiana Education Headed for Disaster

Gerardo Gonzalez, IndyStar

10 Colleges Doing Right by Kids

Craig Robinson, KIPP Blog

Putting a Cork in Common Core

The Economist

States Should Ditch 'Cut Scores' on New Tests

Randi Weingarten, EdWeek

How to Help the Least Motivated, Most Disruptive?

J. Mathews, WaPost

Grad Gap Wider than Enrollment Gap Among Poor

Susan Dynarski, NYT

Underestimating the True Cost of College

Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report

Univ. Basic Skills & Sustainable Dev. Goals

Hanushek & Woessmann, EN

Should Emanuel Give Paul Vallas Next Crack at CPS?

C. Felsenthal, CM

The Campus Crusaders

David Brooks, The New York Times

College Tuition Just as Bad as Bundled Cable Bills

J.J. Selingo, WaPost

Wednesday, June 3

Legislature Beats Expectations by Passing Budget

Editorial Board, LVRJ

Civil Rights Grps. Fail to Rep. Ed Civil Rights

J.B. Dianis, et al., The Hill

Newark Demands Quality Schools

Lauren Wells, NJ Spotlight

Shameless Politicking

Andrew J. Rotherham, U.S. News & World Report

I'm a Liberal Prof, My Liberal Students Terrify Me

Edward Schlosser, Vox

Planting Seeds in Baltimore

Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times

Thursday, June 4

College Board's Reckless Spin on U.S. History

Peter Berkowitz, RCP

When a School Board Victimizes Kids

Tisch & Sciarra, New York Times

To the Teacher Who Changed My Life

John Dickerson, Slate

PC Liberals Devour Their Own

Rich Lowry, Politico

Time to Break Up the Los Angeles School System

Carl Cohn, EdSource

Friday, June 5

Civil Rights Leaders Ignorant on Testing: Really?

Kati Haycock, EdTrust

Low Ed Among Blacks Hidden by Pro. Transplants

Janie Boschma, NJ

N.J. Beginning to Pay the Price for Christie's Ambitions

L. Waters, NW

Could Ritz Shape Education as Governor?

Editorial Board, News-Sentinel