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Dana Scully, where are you when Eduwonk needs you?* There is a massive conspiracy afoot in public education! Read about it if you dare! Incidentally, what on earth was David Steiner talking about? *Speaking strictly in a policy sense, of course.
SAT trouble at CUNY… NYT readers discuss legacy admissions. Wash. Times’ Archibald writes up the Hoxby charter school study. And, more rearguard action in the Geezer War. David Steiner and Dan Butin debated ideology, quality, and colleges of education at Progressive Policy Institute week before last. Ed Week’s Viadero offers her take here, NCTQ’s take …
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If you needed more evidence that David Steiner was on to something with his controversial research…Dan Drezner, Matthew Yglesias, and Mickey Kaus can’t all be wrong! Drezner probably ought to sleep with one eye open for a while…if you’re in a hurry skip to Mickey Kaus, who skips right to the chase…both eyes open…(you have …
William Buckley said in any debate whoever resorts to insults first has lost. If that’s true then David Steiner has soundly beaten his critics. Steiner, a Boston University education professor, is the author of a controversial chapter in the new book “A Qualified Teacher In Every Classroom? Appraising Old Answers and New Ideas” published by …
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