School choice success stories are everywhere. Earlier this month, National Public Radio aired an episode of WHYY’s Fresh Air, in which New York Times Andes Bureau Chief Nicholas Casey talked about the collapse of oil prices in Venezuela, how Donald Trump resembles Hugo Chavez, and the time he spent embedded with Colombian[Read More…]
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Fear of words unspoken
“Talk Scheduled at Catholic School in Bronx Promotes Fear of Anti-Gay Message.” So read a headline in the New York Times back in November. The half-page article sounded an alarm that the scheduled speaker, a priest, just might give parents – and, through them, children – an understanding of good[Read More…]
Why science advocates should embrace vouchers, school choice
Editor’s note: Due to technical difficulties with the blog, many redefinED readers were unable to read this post when it was originally published Friday. Thanks to those of you who notified us. Thanks to all for your patience. It’s old news that many religious schools teach creationism and intelligent design[Read More…]
On for-profit education, what motivates a reporter
If it feels to the education reformer that The New York Times and The Miami Herald have made grand attempts to gore the growing presence of for-profit education providers, it’s because they have. But there are many false assumptions that lead the critic to suppose these are the transgressions of the “liberal[Read More…]
Quote of the day
From a must-read David Brooks column in the New York Times: If your school teaches to the test, it’s not the test’s fault. It’s the leaders of your school.