Dennis Sanders shares an episode of This American Life that everyone interested in education should listen to....
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James Hanley explains why American education is looking better than ever.
Burt Likko thinks that if Advanced Placement classes don't represent actual advanced education, maybe we're better off...
What do you do when a group of 4- and 5-year-olds make a request of you that...
Forgive me the hiatus in posting. I’ve been parenting (and writing a fair amount). Saw Tod (et...
At this month's Cato Unbound, we're talking about school choice, markets, and democracy - with none other...
David Leonhardt is confused about inequality, at least according to his shallow dive into Thomas Picketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
Contrary to Matt Yglesias or Richard K. Vedder, Creon Critic argues why its really OK for people...
Love is built on trust. But how can trust be built with young children? Kazzy...
No. Â Nope. Â Absolutely not. Â I’m sorry, Faith Christian Academy of Orlando, expulsion is exactly the wrong way...
I’m doing a class with 7th and 8th graders on leadership and diversity. Â Today I asked them...
There seems to be an inverse relationship between my colleagues’ talent and skills as educators and their...
We should teach children about the negative effects of smoking. Sorta.
Allison Benedikt accuses her colleagues who send their kids to private school for turning their backs on...
I have a piece up at the Atlantic called “What’s Really Behind the Ever-Rising Cost of Raising...
How Edward Snowden decided who to leak to and the road to educational serfdom.
How do we balance urgency against responsibility in education reform? David Kirp's recent book is a valiant...
I had originally intended to do a “comment rescue” of sorts from something penned by newbie commenter...
How do we explain the difference in confidence between similarly capable private and public school students? ...
