Where will Paul Vallas — currently Supe in New Orleans — end up? Apparently not running for Mayor in the Windy City. (Huffington Post)
Things aren’t so easy in the Big Easy. What happens when a state board member decides to make a stand in support of the Tenth Amendment? (State EdWatch)
What happens to [...]
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The Times Magazine on New Orleans Schools
In late 2006, Paul Tough wrote a lengthy article in the New York Times Magazine about the challenges of educating disadvantaged children. Exploring–and in some instances taking sides on–the fractious debate over how much schools can accomplish for poor and minority students, it became one of the most widely-discussed pieces of education journalism in years. [...]
School Choice Trifecta
The Post turns in not one, not two, but three noteworthy school choice stories today. The first suggests that DC’s voucher program may be eliminated by an unfriendly Congress. While I don’t think the program should be expanded or continued in the long run, the first obligation is to the kids here and I think [...]
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
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts paper is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on Federal Family Education Loan defaults on The Huffington Post.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.