Quick Hits is a short compilation of question-raising news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading or viewing each day.
- Are education scholars fighting the forest fire of value-added teacher evaluations with a garden hose? (HechingerEd Blog)
- Putting a price on professors: Should public universities care how much their faculty contribute to the bottom line? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Is Chris Cristie an unlikely champion of school reform? A principled, goal-focused politician, or an abrasive, career-focused apparatchik? (This Week in Education)
- Should aid for college students be distributed through the federal tax code? (Higher Ed Watch)
- Just how important is the human element in school turnarounds? (Education Week)
Chad Aldeman 
Kristen Amundson 
John E. Chubb 
Constance Clark 
Peter Cookson Jr. 
Thomas Dawson 
Joni Finney 
Andrew Gillen 
Sara Mead 
Sarah Rosenberg 
Jeff Selingo 
Ben Wildavsky 
Mandy Zatynski 
4/5/2013 | Jordan Weissman discusses Andrew Gillen’s Higher Ed Data Central and the increase in college tuition in 
3/28/2013 | Chad Aldeman’s Chart You Can Trust “The Evergreen Effect” is discussed in 
3/21/2013 | Andrew Gillen discusses net tuition and MOOCs with Kevin O’Neill on