A study by Elaine Weiss and Don Long of the Bolder Broader Approach shows that the corporate school “reform” experiment has claimed to have raised student achievement but that those gains evaporate upon close examination. A previous post, “The Benefits (and Costs) of ‘Reform’ in Three Cities,” discussed their “Market-Oriented Education Reforms’ Rhetoric Trumps Reality,” […]
Applying skill biased technical change to the #teaching profession (I think)
January 25, 2013 By 1 Comment
I’m trying to finagle a new idea in education based on a short article I read in the most recent NYT Mag about “skill-biased technological change” (SBCT). I’m definitely NOT an economist, but from what I gather, it seems to fit. So, in my terms, the concerns regarding SBCT are that changes in technology are […]
Quick graphic on #obama economic policy, what do you think?
July 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I can’t remember where or when I heard him say this. I have satellite radio in my car, one of the news channels is on for commuter noise. But Obama discussed a new way of looking at economic growth, rather than a top-down, consider a middle-out strategy. Well, the graphic here, in the crudest way […]
Elmo isn’t Gramsci for kids and the mythical soft bigotry of low expectations
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We address the soft bigotry of low expectations so that we may ignore the hard racism of inequity. — John Kuhn What do Ben Shapiro, Whitney Tilson, The Heartland Institute, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, The Hoover Institution, Wendy Kopp, The Manhattan Institute, and Democrats for Education Reform all have in common? They all shamelessly use the […]
The #plutocrats’ affront to #IHE
May 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IHE, as in Institutions of Higher Education. Well-heeled Koch folks now own an academic department. This is certainly very clever, have to hand it to them. They can control the hiring and firing of faculty members who will no doubt espouse certain values and ideologies. I’ll spare the reader with inside details on what this means […]
It should have been #Darling-Hammond
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a rather poignant and sincere article from Linda Darling-Hammond. Oh, to be her one day. In any case, we have here a case of priorities. Nations who value education do well and those who do not, relative to other priorities, not so much. Ever since reading a text I’ve often referred to, Motherteacher, the […]
Even #progressive media can’t report #education in helpful ways, @maddow
I listened to this segment on satellite radio the other night. Rachel Maddow was talking the President’s pre-K plan. Here’s more about it from the Maddow Blog. At this point, I can’t even discern who the guest was on the show, some dude. He was clearly an economist. He did some study on the benefits of […]