Who is the architect of modern education law and policy? Hint: Not Horace Mann or Bill Gates, according to Jim Ryan.QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed

QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed

QUICK Hits

by Forrest Hinton

Quick Hits is a short compilation of question-raising news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading or viewing each day.

• Who is the architect of modern education law and policy? Hint: Not Horace Mann or Bill Gates, according to Jim Ryan. (Eduwonk)
• Not a typo the English Department would approve? (Yahoo News)
• Hess ponders: Are local school boards the real culprits blocking education reform? Or is the problem the geographic district monopoly instead? (Rick Hess Straight Up)
• Michelle Rhee’s advice for new DCPS teachers? (The Washington Post)
• Will a new student loan rule proposed by the Education Department ensure that colleges—especially those in the for-profit sector—provide students with an education that pays? (The San Francisco Chronicle)