Only 1 out of every 2 Hispanic students graduates in six years. How can that ratio be upped? (Rick Hess Straight Up)
Has reading been “bastardized?” (Core Knowledge)
What has four decades of the federal government’s involvement in education accomplished? George Will stubbornly, predictably asks the hard questions. (The Washington Post)
The brouhaha over Diane Ravitch’s one-eighty [...]
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Muddying the Waters
In a column about Blaine Amendments and the efforts of a former Liberty University official to open religiously-oriented charter schools in New York City, George Will writes:
Now he wants to create a charter school — a public school enjoying considerable autonomy from, among other burdens, teachers unions. It would be affiliated with his New Horizon [...]
Will vs. Will
In a profile of Newark mayor Cory Booker, George Will says:
Fifty years ago Newark’s population was 460,000. Now it is 284,000 — up about 10,000 in five years — of which 54 percent are black and 33 percent are Latino. In 1995 the state took over the school system, in which principalships were being sold [...]
George Will, Wrong Once Again
George Will, to his credit, has a mild interest in education policy, which is more than most nationally prominent columnists can say. The problem is that his columns are nearly always based on a few tired, outdated, and/or foolish ideas about finance and schools. To wit, yesterday’s column in the Post, focused on the “65 [...]
65 Cent = Bad But Effective Policy 101
Eduwonk recently wrote about the backlash of conservative criticism directed toward the increasingly popular 65-cent solution. It’s a good piece, and I say that not just because Eduwonk links to an op-ed I wrote and also happens to sign my paycheck.
In a nutshell, the 65-cent solution proposes to require every school district in the nation [...]
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.