We goofed yesterday and forgot to publish Quick Hits, so double the pleasure, double the fun!
Wish you had a four-day work week? Nearly one in seven sups is considering it, apparently. (Joanne Jacobs)
Is the economic evidence in on KIPP? (The Wall Street Journal)
Common Core: “Safe and effective?” Chester Finn ponders. (Flypaper)
Guess what? U.S. Olympic Figure [...]
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SUPER-Sized QUICK Hits
The Evolving Federal Role in Education: Past, Present, and Future
This Education Sector podcast was recorded at an event focused on the origin and future of NCLB with leaders who have shaped—and continue to shape—education legislation on Capitol Hill and accountability debates nationally.
Participants:
Christopher T. Cross, Education Consultant and a former Assistant Secretary with the U.S. Department of Education
Samuel Halperin, Founder and Senior Fellow, American Youth [...]
Exposing the Teachers Unions’ Corporatist Pro-NCLB Agenda
The new issue of Phi Delta Kappan is well worth reading, and not just because it reprints an article I wrote about high-performing community colleges early this year. There’s also a priceless debate (not online, unfortunately) between Susan O’Hanian, self-styled “educational activist,” and Joel Packer, head lobbyist for the NEA, wherein O’Hanian–along with University of [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.