"Least influential of education's most influential information sources."
-- Education Week Research Center
"full of very lively short items and is always on top of the news...He gets extra points for skewering my high school rating system"
-- Jay Mathews, The Washington Post
"a daily dose of information from the education policy world, blended with a shot of attitude and a dash of humor"
-- Education Week
"unexpectedly entertaining"..."tackle[s] a potentially mindfogging subject with cutting clarity... they're reading those mushy, brain-numbing education stories so you don't have to!"
-- Mickey Kaus
"a very smart blog... this is the site to read"
-- Ryan Lizza
"everyone who's anyone reads Eduwonk"
-- Richard Colvin
"designed to cut through the fog and direct specialists and non-specialists alike to the center of the liveliest and most politically relevant debates on the future of our schools"
-- The New Dem Daily
"peppered with smart and witty comments on the education news of the day"
-- Education Gadfly
"don't hate Eduwonk cuz it's so good"
-- Alexander Russo, This Week In Education
"the morning's first stop for education bomb-throwers everywhere"
-- Mike Antonucci, Intercepts
"…the big dog on the ed policy blog-ck…"
-- Michele McLaughlin
"I check Eduwonk several times a day, especially since I cut back on caffeine"
-- Joe Williams
"...one of the few bloggers who isn't completely nuts"
-- Mike Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
"I have just three 'go to' websites: The Texas Legislature, Texas Longhorn sports, and Eduwonk"
-- Sandy Kress
"penetrating analysis in a lively style on a wide range of issues"
-- Walt Gardner
"Fabulous"
-- Education Week's Alyson Klein
"thugs"
-- Susan Ohanian
Smart List: 60 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
Baloney.
My degrees in mathematics, physics, and atmospheric physics nearly killed me. They make me extremely valuable.
The rest of you policy whatevers are a dime a dozen.
And that is a widely accepted opinion.
The american public is not fooled. Our policy “experts” are boobs.
The intellegence on knowing yourself and how to suceed is the most valuble, then again that is opinion
While I agree that using Act/Sat scores along with rating the passion of prospective teachers and how well they will relate to students might seem like a good idea in theory, I have serious doubts about how practical it would be and worry about how many possible future great educators might be dismissed because they didn’t score high enough on standardized testing. I have a very good friend who wanted very much to be a PE teacher and a football coach after high school. His ACT scores were below-average and he struggled to be successful in HS. However, he did not give up and worked very hard to obtain his teaching degree. He has been teaching/coaching for close to twenty years and is one of the most popular teachers in his school. If this policy had been in place when he was going to school, we might have missed out on a great teacher as he would have been forced to pursue another career. I agree that teachers need to posess a certain amount of intelligence, but it would be hard to lump everyone into one category and require them to attain a certain score on a test that they take while still in high school.
I too disagree with this theory. My brother is a dedicated teacher and a favorite among his students. He teaches stage design, metals, and woods. He has touched the lives of so many troubled youths who were unable to excel at anything other than what they were able to do in his classroom. He has prevented so many children from skipping school, dropping out, and turning to drugs.
What makes my brother’s story amazing is that he struggled with ADD and dyslexia as a child. He never got good grades and he barely broke 900 on his SAT scores. Yet, he has a successful career and he makes a difference in so many lives. Obviously, his potential cannot be measured by standardized test scores.