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You haven’t heard of I Heart Writing Day? In one school, it may be the best holiday of the year. (Organized Chaos)
How did education reformers leverage RTT and change state politics? (PIE Network)
Ted Turner. Meredith Vieira. Warren Buffett. Besides becoming ultra-successful, what common experience did these three icons share? (The Wall Street Journal)
Can states with such big budget woes really race to the top? (Politics K-12)
Chad Aldeman | Teacher Benefits Are Eating Away at Salaries
Kristen Amundson | Money in Local Races: A Lot of What People ‘Know’ Just Isn’t So
John E. Chubb | The Sandy Hook Tragedy: Guns Kill and So Does Culture
Constance Clark | Academic Effects of Economic Integration: New Evidence from Greenwich, CT
Peter Cookson Jr. | School Culture and Safety
Thomas Dawson | What Kind of Diversity?
Joni Finney | Tough Love for Colleges and Universities
Andrew Gillen | Higher Ed Data Central: Federal Student Loan “Profits” > Pell Grant Expenses
Sara Mead | How to Avoid Sounding Stupid on the Louisiana Voucher Ruling
Jeff Selingo | The Declining Legacy of the Land-Grant Act
Ben Wildavsky | No, India is Not Being Ignored by Mean Western Universities
Mandy Zatynski | Clarifying College/Career Readiness through Competency-Based Ed
3/21/2013 | Andrew Gillen tells the New England Center for Investigative Reporting that the rise of administrators in universities is part of the reason for tuition increases.
4/5/2013 | Jordan Weissman discusses Andrew Gillen’s Higher Ed Data Central and the increase in college tuition in The Atlantic
3/28/2013 | Chad Aldeman’s Chart You Can Trust “The Evergreen Effect” is discussed in Education Week.