Diane Ravitch’s new book The Death and Life of the Great American School System, has been getting a lot of attention lately. This morning, she and I debate the book over at The New Republic. Preview: I don’t like it very much. See earlier entries in the discussion from Ben Wildavsky and Richard Rothstein here.
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Winerip on Poverty, Etc.
Micheal Winerip covers a new ETS report in the Times today, exploring the relationship between out-of-school factors like single parenthood, TV watching, reading at home, etc. and student achievement. The report–which I have no quarrel with, Education Sector co-director Andy Rotherham was a reviewer–finds, to the surprise of no one, that these things make a [...]
Yglesias on the Achievement Gap
Matt Yglesias responds to Zachary Norris’ post about closing the achievement gap in Baltimore:
But what would it mean — what could it mean — to close the achievement gap between high- and low-SES students in American schools? For a whole variety of reasons, this just doesn’t seem like it’s going to be possible. At the [...]
Rothstein, Concluded
Richard Rothstein recently posted a lengthy essay at the Economic Policy Institute Web site responding to various critics–most prominantly Checker Finn–who’ve been writing in recent weeks about his views on race, class, and educational achievement. I’ve blogged overmuch on this topic, but I’m going to go back to the well one more time, because the [...]
Rothstein Continued
Ed from AFT disagrees with my criticisms of Richard Rothstein.
He starts with a charge that is, unfortunately, quite common among left-leaning folks concerned about poverty: Because NCLB is designed to help improve the education provided to poor children, it takes away pressure to make those children not poor. As evidence of this, he cites the [...]
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.