All Posts Tagged: 'Private School'


Bogusness Questioned

February 27th, 2007 | Category: Educational Choice

Over at This Week In Education, John Krupa, an education reporter from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, questions my recent criticism of the Wall Street Journal’s alleged trend story($) about how more parents are supposedly uprooting their entire lives so their kids can attend private school. Here’s John’s take, in its entirety:
I agree we need to be [...]

Bogus Education Trend Stories, Part MCMXLVII

February 20th, 2007 | Category: Educational Choice

One of the basic tensions in journalism comes between what’s news and what’s a good story. The best journalism combines the two, using the power of narrative to communicate vital, relevant information about the state of the world. Sometimes, however, journalists find good stories that aren’t really news. Unfortunately, they frequently try to make news [...]