"Productivity Junta"
I’ve been an admirer of Cal Newport’s Study Hacks blog for a while, and today’s advice has a basis in research and a catchy phrase: Form a Productivity Junta.
How to mislead with charts
At the end of last year, I wrote a review of several Friedman Foundation reports that claimed voucher programs would increase graduation. You can read my full remarks from the link above, but let me focus on a graph that appeared in the South Carolina report: For the moment, let’s assume that the point estimates […]
Party trumps policy
Last night, Leo Casey hypothesized on Edwize that Kennedy’s endorsement of Obama was related to NCLB. Like Scott Elliott (a reporter with the Dayton Daily News), I’m skeptical. While George Miller and Ted Kennedy have both endorsed Obama and are major figures in NCLB politics, they are also stalwarts in the Democratic caucuses in each […]