Quick Hits (1.13.12)

What do Matt Damon and Kaya Henderson have in common? Not much. But they’re both on Eduwonk’s list of 12 education activists to watch in 2012. (TIME)

We like this list (it includes us). Education Next rattled off their top 2011 articles one-by-one on Twitter today, but they’ve also conveniently listed – and linked – them here. Don’t miss #9, a story about flipped classrooms written by Education Sector’s Bill Tucker. (Education Next)

Maybe that’s why they call it ‘family and consumer science’ these days. A Missouri gubernatorial candidate listed his college degree in economics on his website and campaign fliers, until a newspaper reporter found out his major was really home economics. Oops. (Talking Points Memo)

Unequal funding = unequal opportunities. A Michigan superintendent calls on his peers to address what he calls the perpetuation of inequitable opportunity in public schools. (Rebel 6 Ramblings)