The word “bricolage” means something “created from a variety of available things.” It seems appropriate then that Bricolage Academy in New Orleans seeks to benefit its students by creating a socio-economically diverse population. Guided by the philosophy that the world is constantly changing and will look very different in 20 years, Bricolage, which opens this fall,* seContinue Reading »

How to raise long-term living standards for children. Step one: Elevate academic expectations, writes Peter Cookson Jr. (The Journal News)

Doing “more than ever before.” Almost 70 percent of teachers surveyed say that technology has helped maximize their work in the classroom. This Education Sector piece profiles a blended learning school in California, where technology allows for 48 (enContinue Reading »

Ashley Thorne of the National Association of Scholars has written a response / rebuttal to my new Chronicle column, which argues that cash-strapped colleges and universities would benefit from a “Race to the Top” for higher education. She’s friendly about it and agrees with some of my points, but in the end we have very different ideas about the appropriate scope of higher eduContinue Reading »

In a fascinating example of appropriating the arguments of one’s opponents and subverting them to his own aims, Cato’s Neal McCluskey posits vouchers as a solution to the evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design brouhaha that’s been getting so many panties in a twist in states (esp. Kansas) and school districts lately. Matthew Yglesias (from whose blog I came across the piContinue Reading »