Happy Halloween, and now read my book!
Charles Barone chose Halloween to point to my proposal for post-NCLB federal accountability policy. For the record, despite what the picture on my website implies, I really look like the hunk of handsomeness that’s at the top of Barone’s entry (well, on the right side of the picture). I appreciate the link and hope folks […]
Federal influence
Mike Petrilli asks one right question: where can the federal government influence behavior, and what are the tradeoffs? I’m especially delighted that the research in question is about desegregation. As I’ve written before, the argument against top-down reform by David Tyack and Larry Cuban is smart, sensible, detailed, and fits with an enormous amount of […]
NCLB regs and graduation rates
A few quick ones this morning, while my brain warms up… So the new NCLB regulations are out. (Or, rather, they were out a few days ago, but I’ve been putting out fires while in the midst of a cold, and this was a lower priority.) Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Laura Diamond asked on Wednesday, Will […]