James Heckman on NPR
Maybe I’m stuck in a backwater, but I have not yet seen anyone link to Friday’s Planet Money podcast interviewing James Heckman about preschools. I recommend it.
“Give me the money or I shoot my foot!” and other political theories of education reform
So in the face of Congressional gridlock, the U.S. Department of Education is planning an end-run on Congressional reauthorization of ESEA, using statutory language giving the Secretary of Education waiver authority. Rick Hess is sure this blows up the constitution. It's very possible that a court could theoretically rule that waiving all sorts of requirements goes […]