Minor addendum on the TDR coverage post
In rereading the post I just uploaded, I realized some readers may be surprised at the fact no major news organization earned a B or C. That is an artifact of the herd response by media, where most published the teacher names and (bad) data. In terms of potential favoritism, I have no personal connection […]
Grades for coverage of NYC Teacher Data Report release
Before the New York City Department of Education released the name-and-number spreadsheet on the now-defunct Teacher Data Reports, I wrote and released grading criteria for news coverage. And now, with more than a week of coverage from a number of outlets, the grades (limited to major outlets where I read a critical mass of coverage). ((Thanks […]
A society with and without schooling
Tyler Cowen’s discussion of higher education value is one plausible way to answer the question, What is the benefit of higher education? It’s now common that a fire chief has to have a master’s degree. That may sound silly and it would be easy to think that a master’s degree has not very much to do […]