On his presidential campaign website, Ron Paul describes his policy positions on twelve different issues, including abortion, health care, and the economy. Education is not among the headings. But “homeschooling” is.
Michelle Bachmann homeschooled her children. So did Rick Santorum. Herman Cain appeared at a Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators...
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I wrote a blog post here on Flypaper this week in response to what I'd seen as some unnecessary and unproductive personal jabs at actor Matt Damon, after he gave a brief speech at the Save Our Schools rally in D.C. a few weekends ago. One of the offenders I...
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In case it needs reiterating, Matt Damon is actually a pretty smart guy. He holds a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. He went to Harvard. He produces documentary films. He volunteers and donates to whole host of NGOs and non-profits. Sure, he’s no authority of education, but he’s probably the kind...
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Yesterday’s Gadfly editorial on Harvard and testing appears today, in very slightly modified form, in the National Review Online. We hope it generates some good discussion about accountability in higher education.
Also, we were just reminded that part of the justification for the new “no-mandatory-finals” policy (also in the Harvard magazine...
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Eduwonk has already linked to the brand-new Kauffman Labs Education Ventures Program, but we also wanted to chime in and show our enthusiasm for what looks like a great new chance for people with big ideas in education to bring their ideas to life.
Trying to do something truly new and...
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I’ve been monumentally disappointed with the complete lack of nuance and in the education reform community’s debate about the Obey amendment to HR 4899, aka Edujobs. If we are actually trying to change any congressperson’s mind before this amendment passes or dies, we are going to have to step up...
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In response to Stafford’s previous post on edujobs and our discussion, I’ve got a couple questions for Stafford – and also Mike, Rick, and Andy, and our audience – when you all get a chance:
I know you all are strongly opposed to teacher bailouts with...
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Thanks to Netflix CEO and education reformer Reed Hastings, I’ve got a number of complete seasons of Beavis and Butthead (along with many other shows and movies) at my fingertips, on demand, in good TV quality, all for less than $9 a month. Streaming Netflix is really a marvelous invention.
Anyway,...
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I just got around to Monday’s optimistically-titled NYT article, “Glimmers of Hope for Grads.” (The web page header is “Job Prospects Improve Slightly for Graduates” — maybe that one ended up in the print version). In any event, one of the stats really stuck out to me:
“51 percent of college...
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I haven’t seen a great educator video in a while, so I particularly enjoyed this new one from California teacher, blogger, and part-time Googler Dan Meyer. It was given at the TEDxNYED conference in March.
Since the TED video went live, he’s already been snapped up from relative obscurity to talk...
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