I'll be honest. This week the Seattle Branch Office of the Institute was in town (including all four grandchildren) and so the more local branch office waws also down here, and the board of directors was on vacation, and the weather was nice, and in the end I spent way less time in front of a screen, so I don't have a lot for you today. But here we go.
‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majorsI know we're feeling this pinch in my neighborhood. Small colleges trying to save big bucks by cutting programs left and right. It takes a team of four Hechinger Report reporters to cover this story.
Florida Commissioner Endorses Privatizing The Responsibility for Education
Sue Kingery Woltanski hits a critical point here-- it's not just about privatizing education itself, but about privatizing the responsibility for it. Having trouble getting your child an education? That's your problem, not the state's.
Akil Bello is (at least) two things-- a leading testing guru, and the father of an 11th grader. Which means he has a keen eye for the College Board's PSAT baloney.
Politico joins the growing list of news outlets that have noticed that supposedly wildly popular school vouchers were once again soundly rejected by actual voters. Juan Perez Jr has the story.
Maurice Cunningham is once again right there to call out the Boston Globe for its incomplete coverage of another education scam.
You thought empathizing with other human beings was good? Silly you. Nancy Flanagan explains.
Yes, Nancy Flanagan again. We're that lucky this week. Here's a reminder to have a dream, not just an objection.
Independent Education Associations
Steve Nuzum with an excellent look at those non-union teacher unions out there.
Everyone's asking, and Jan Resseger has some answers.
Do our stories matter?
From Lyz at Men Yell At Me. Not particularly directly related to education, but still a great read about why we need to tell our stories, even in times which do not welcome then.
At Forbes.com this week I wrote about the problems that will arrive if that church-state wall is finally obliterated, and some research about student achievement.
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