National Education Policy Center: Closing the Gap Between Research and...
The National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado posted a useful analysis of research in the field of reading and how it should inform practice. Key Takeaway: Some research claims of...
View ArticleTulane Research Center Funded by Charter Advocates Will Study National Impact...
When Betsy DeVos was Secretary of Education, she gave $10 million to establish a research center on school choice; she chose carefully. Given who she is, she was not likely to give the money to...
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North Carolina: Federal Education Official Involved in Charter School’s...
Dr. Peggy Carr is Commissioner of the National Center on Education Statistics, a prestigious, major federal agency. NCES preceded the U.S. Department of Education by more than a century, having been...
View ArticleSteve Ruis: How Many People Died of COVID Because They Took Trump’s Advice?
Steve Ruis has been wondering how many people died of COVID because they followed Trump’s advice? Early on in the pandemic, as people’s fears were high, Trump suggested two treatments to ward off the...
View ArticleJohn Thompson: Oklahoma Explores the Zombie Policy of Merit Pay
During the past few decades, we have seen the persistence of failed policies in education. Most of them were codified by No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top: give standardized tests; punish...
View ArticleNEPC: There Is No “Science” in the “Science of Reading”
The National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado posted a summary of research about the current “Science of Reading” fad, which finds that the “science” is missing. SoR has turned...
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Tom Ultican: The Profit Behind the “Science of Reading” Movement
Tom Ultican, retired teacher in California, smells a scam in the making. The science behind “the Science of Reading” movement is not very scientific, he writes. Publishers and vendors are preparing to...
View ArticleDavid Berliner: The U.S. Has Many Wonderful Teachers, and Few Who Are “Bad”...
Good and Bad Teachers: So Many More of the Former, So Many Fewer of the Latter David C. Berliner Arizona State University A refereed journal article by colleagues1reported on a survey of adults,...
View ArticleWatch Julian Vasquez Heilig Testify About Charter Schools to Congressional...
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig is a noted scholar of charter schools, with experience as a parent of a charter school student and board member of a charter school. He is Provost and Vice-President for...
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Network for Public Education Ranked One of Nation’s Most Influential...
A group of scholars at Indiana University led by Christopher Lubienski developed a methodology for ranking organizations and individuals in the field of education. It was disheartening to see that...
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