Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Couple of thoughts on the Bush speech last night as it relates to education. First, the effort to enroll more eligible kids in health care is great. Why didn’t Clinton think of that? Oh wait, he did! Considering the Bush track record on implementation, Eduwonk’s not optimistic about this effort getting far with this crowd. …
A big thanks to Richard Colvin and Sara Mead for their great contributions this past two weeks. Eduwonk is back so we’re returning to regular (or irregular as the case may be) order. One vacation related note: Local press coverage of No Child Left Behind in Alaska was interesting to read. The achievement gap as …
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Eduwonk and the Eduwife are off to Alaska for a couple of weeks of sightseeing, fishing, hiking, and blessedly little internet access. The Edupooch will be off pursuing her myriad interests and hobbies. But, don’t despair, Eduwonk’s leaving you in good hands. Richard Colvin, director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and …
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Kaus gives voice (and summons Ron Brownstein) to the increasingly high-decibel rumor floating around about the Kennedy NCLB corrections bill that George Miller wants no part of. The retroactivity bill is a good idea, but — policy merits aside — this next step seems very ill-considered because (a) The Republicans will never let it see …
Must read Karin Chenoweth column on reading instruction in The Washington Post. New Mathematica study on free/reduced price school lunch eligibility. The punchline? Fraud not rampant. Incidentally, program integrity obviously matters but generally in practice, when in doubt, school officials give a poor kid a free lunch (often the best meal they see all day). …
If Eduwonk had ten dollars for every time someone asks whether No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is underfunded or unfunded…well, you’d be reading gonefishingwonk.com right now. It’s understandable that there are a lot of questions about this, because it’s a hard question to answer. In classic Washington style, the answer depends on what you mean …
Over the weekend The Washington Post’s Colbert I. King discussed Bill Cosby’s controversial remarks from last week. Amazingly, the only other place the Post has been running discussion of Cosby’s provocative comments has been in the gossip column… Tamar Lewin looked at the new SAT in the NYT. Kaplan, the test prep company, is touting …
Secret Weapon? If the Bushies had any sense they’d muzzle Rod Paige, Gene Hickok, and even the President himself and just send out the First Lady to talk about education if this story from The Oregonian is any indication…Karen Symms Gallagher writes in USA Today that college rankings are bunk…and in the LA Times Crispin …