Doug McGray has written a terrific piece in this weeks’ New Yorker about Steve Barr and Green Dot Public Schools’ insurgent campaign to reform public education in Los Angeles–and now beyond. As with most good narrative articles, it’s not readily summarizable (and the endlessly quotable Barr makes it a lively read in any case, e.g. [...]
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Lots of Variety in the Sausage
This week’s New Yorker book review offers a lesson on pluralism. It compares two works, one by the long-forgotten political philosopher Arthur Fisher Bentley and one by Thomas Frank of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” fame. This passage from the review has particular relevance to education policy:
[Frank] believes that liberals, once in power, [...]
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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.