There’s an excellent article($) by Noam Scheiber in this week’s New Republic about how the Freakonomics ethic of cleverness is ruining the economics profession. As someone who loved the book, it gave me a whole new perspective on things. Plus, there’s an edu-connection, as Scheiber explains how well-known education articles by Alan Krueger and Caroline [...]
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Tenure Wars
Steven Levitt of Freakonomics fame has some sensible ideas about tenure for college professors (”Let’s Just Get Rid of Tenure (including mine)”). He notes that instances where professors might be unjustly fired for politically unpopular views–one of the main justifications for tenure–”rarely” occur. My father–formerly the chairman of the computer science department at a mid-sized [...]
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.