Sol Stern and SLPS
An article in the New York Times about Sol Stern reveals some similarities between his disappointment with parental choice and...
Texas Thinks Outside the Lane on Transportation Planning
Texas is attempting to address its long-term transportation planning needs in a fairly radical way. "Radical" often has a negative...
Stokes Posts Bail
More accurately, the title of this entry should read, "Stokes Posts Blog Post About Bail Bondsmen," but titles should be...
Not Early to Bed, Not Likely to Rise
The New York Times ran an op-ed in yesterday’s edition describing the negative effects of increasingly earlier start times for...
A Successful Public School With a Diverse Student Body ? I’ve Found One! (It’s a Charter)
I’m happy to point out a public education success story. The New York Times profiles this school that teaches disadvantaged...
The Odds of Education Reform
There are lots of ideas out there about how to improve education. Some are wackier than others. This article in...
English Stays Strong
I’m always amused by fears that English is about to die out. I don’t see any need for an English-language...
Charters Held to a Higher Standard
The New York Times reports that Ohio’s attorney general is trying to close some of the state’s charter schools, and...
Start Choice Early
I went to preschool for one year, when I was four. Religion is one of those topics that’s off-limits on...
Anything But Choice
When opponents of parental choice say that it won’t work, I’m always eager to hear what alternative reforms they have...
A Cutting-Edge Charter School, in Kansas City
An article in the New York Times describes private preschools that offer language immersion programs for kids: Ms. Kinsale says...
School Choice: A 21st-Century Model for Education
Imagine The New York Times running a column that supports arguments for greater school choice! It happened yesterday, with a...
No Child Left Behind
It’s hard to determine what combination of goals, evaluations, and consequences will get public school districts to improve. But No...
Merit Pay in the New York Times
Here’s an article in the New York Times about the growing popularity of merit pay: Scores of similar but mostly...
How High is the Bar?
The New York Times reports on state education standards and discusses the disparities between them: For example, an eighth grader...
NYT on Saint Louis
The New York Times publishes a not-entirely fair article about what a bad place St. Louis has become to live...
Missouri Needs a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
The passage of Referendum C last month in Colorado has editorial boards swooning. Colorado voters had “good reason” to suspend...
