Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Denis Doyle has passed. I didn’t know him really well but was fortunate enough to cross paths from time to time around various things. He was early to the leverage that data provided in education and built, with others, a company around that – Schoolnet. A few things stand out. First, his mind. You run …
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Very sad to report that the education world lost Ted Preston over the weekend to cancer. Ted’s been featured here on the blog and his work has as well. He was a genuinely good person and terrific colleague. With his background Ted could have done a variety of things, and he decided to turn his attention …
By Richard Whitmire I totally get the outsized coverage we’re seeing of Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy charter schools in New York. In years past, I’ve been guilty of the same. But there’s a reason I pulled back. First, let’s discuss Eva’s appeal, which is hard to resist. Moskowitz is one of those rare, swashbuckling …
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Publishing snafu had tomorrow’s fish pictures up today, sorry about that. They’ll be up for good tomorrow. Today: Bonnie O’Keefe on student teacher interactions in ECE and policy. Hanna Skandera did a good job in New Mexico. It’s too bad the Trump team was too dysfunctional to figure out how to get her aboard. She’s …
At The 74, Hailly Korman and I warm to the idea of Mr. President The Rock. We also like his genuine interest in helping adjudicated youth but in an open letter we urge him to make sure there is as much love as tough in his tough love approach. Off-edu, I review some musical acts, …
Everyone is holding their breath for tomorrow, refreshing their favorite political sites. Not a lot happening. Politico looks at the student loan debt relief issue – it’s an important issue by itself and then also illustrative of a range of things that will be caught up in transition between administrations. The Times looks at the …
This New York Times debate makes me want to put on some Duran Duran. Are we still really arguing about money this way? If I want a throwback I want it to be something like this. Think possible: Match Beyond. Joe Nathan with some straight talk on charter schools. Matt DiCarlo uses a lot of words to say roughly the …
Education policy’s renaissance man? Richard Whitmire analyzes education policy one day, and then splits a few cords of wood the next. He can also fish (see here and here). His most recent book, about the Rocketship charter network, is here.
by guestblogger Andy Smarick What’s crackin’, people. It’s been too long. I’m Smarick. I used to be an inveterate blogger and tweeter. I disappeared for a couple years, but now I’m back. Kind of like Bobby Ewing or Kristin Cavallari. To paraphrase Hitch, Rotherham is gone on a week’s vacation, and he left the keys …
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A reader emails: “I keep checking eduwonk to get your take on the LA dustup (that I think marks a real turning point in teacher accountability), but all I see is a dead fish!” Indeed. Just getting back. Big thanks to Jim Ryan, Sarah Usdin & Neerav Kingsland, Becca Bracey, Hae-Sin Thomas, Tim Daly, Victor …