{"id":8365,"date":"2016-12-04T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T20:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermandorn.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=8365"},"modified":"2018-01-30T08:06:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:06:58","slug":"popular-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?page_id=8365","title":{"rendered":"Popular writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Below are columns I have written or co-authored for the general public, plus one interview<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S. (2017, July 25). Not an advocate for students or the public interest: Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicseminar.org\/2017\/07\/not-an-advocate-for-students-or-the-public-interest\/\"><em>Public Seminar<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S., &amp; Potterton, A. (2015, October 8).\u00a0Arne Duncan\u2019s legacy: Growing influence of a network of private actors on public education.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/arne-duncans-legacy-growing-influence-of-a-network-of-private-actors-on-public-education-48790\"><em>The Conversation<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/the-conversation-us\/arne-duncans-legacy-growi_b_8265084.html\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;One does not need to be paranoid to worry about the concentration of decision-making in the hands of people who are friends and who are not accountable to the general public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Strauss, V. (2015, February 28). How Jeb Bush&#8217;s reforms really played out in Florida [email interview].\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2015\/02\/28\/how-jeb-bushs-school-reforms-really-played-out-in-florida\/?utm_term=.4c9e3445c352\"><em>Washington Post<\/em> blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S. (2013, September 3). Kick the reform habit. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2013\/09\/03\/essay-how-president-obama-could-reform-student-aid-without-ratings\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;Ratings and rankings are the crack cocaine of today&#8217;s generation of education reformers &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S. (2008, April 7). It&#8217;s the student work. stupid. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2008\/04\/07\/its-student-work-stupid\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;&#8230;\u00a0reading dissertations is hard work, and probably far more boring than looking at the statistics that go into the U.S. News rankings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S. (2008, February 23). Reform Bright Futures scholarships. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/read\/1G1-175409755\/reform-bright-futures-scholarships\">Florida Times-Union<\/a> (Jacksonville). (Link requires Questia account; op-ed no longer on open web.)<\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S. (2001, September 19). War may raise serious issues at home. <a href=\"http:\/\/origins.osu.edu\/history-news\/war-may-raise-serious-issues-home\"><em>History News Service<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dorn, S. (1996, June 21). High schools&#8217; phenomenal success created the dropout &#8220;problem.&#8221; Montreal\u00a0<em>Gazette<\/em> and other Knight-Ridder newspapers. <a href=\"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?attachment_id=8377\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8377\">PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I have also been quoted for stories in education outlets&#8211;Education Week, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and the Times Higher Education Supplement. I have also been quoted by reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Newsweek, Congressional Quarterly, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tampa Bay Times, Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, Tampa Tribune, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Arizona Republic, Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, and probably a few other places I now forget.<\/p>\n<p><em>Television and radio appearances<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arizona Horizons (Arizona PBS), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azpbs.org\/arizonahorizon\/play.php?vidId=8670\">about Proposition 123<\/a> (education funding referendum), April 19, 2016. Video.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Matters (WUSF-FM), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wusf.usf.edu\/news\/program\/florida_matters\/episode\/2014-03\/florida_matters_choosing_the_next_fcat\">about Florida state testing<\/a>, March 2014. Audio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are columns I have written or co-authored for the general public, plus one interview: Dorn, S. (2017, July 25). Not an advocate for students or the public interest: Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.\u00a0Public Seminar. Dorn, S., &amp; Potterton, A. 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