In the announcement heard ’round the edu-blogosphere today (but on the back page of the Washington Post), Secretary Spellings invited states to apply to be one of 10 which will be granted more flexibility under NCLB. The selected states will be allowed to differentiate consequences for schools that are failing to reach NCLB goals on [...]
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More from Perlstein
Coincidentally, the day after I posted about Linda Perlstein’s new book, Tested, she has an op-ed in the Post. In many ways, it’s Tested writ small: interesting, well-written, and less than meets the eye.
Perlstein is concerned about the impact of NCLB on students with disabilities. She recounts seeing “Whitney,” a fourth grade girl with mild [...]
Q&A on Special Education and NCLB
Sherman Dorn raises some great questions about special education and NCLB in response to my CYCT on the topic.* While Dorn thinks that my answers to his questions are all an unqualified ‘yes’, I’d say they’re more of a ‘yes, but…’:
Do schools use special education as an excuse not to educate students identified as having [...]
More On Why Having a Hammer Doesn’t Make Everything a Nail
Cato’s Adam Schaeffer takes issue with my post earlier this week about the incredible tediousness of pro-voucher groups’ assertion that choice is the solution to every imaginable educational problem.
He actually has a somewhat reasonable point. To the extent that increased choice and customization in education can make the entire educational system more [...]
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.