Education behind bars to remove bars
A break from election discussion: David McKay Wilson has an interesting discussion of correctional education in an article in Nov/Dec 2010 Harvard Education Letter. That means education of teenagers who are in detention facilities. Wilson points to the (non-test-oriented) provisions of NCLB that apply to education behind bars: certification requirements for teachers, tracking of students […]
Matt Bai’s instant-cliche machine
There's something that seems remarkably treacly about Matt Bai's instant punditry on the heels of the Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives: "If there is a lesson in all this for both parties, perhaps it’s that merely piling up votes on Election Day doesn’t confer on you a mandate for any ambitious agenda." Okay, Mr. […]