Thompson: Private Foundations, Risk Tolerance, & Public Schools [image: image from scholasticadministrator.typepad.com]My take on the Columbia Journalism School workshop on foundations and education (and the subsequent panel with Wendy Kopp, the Ford Foundation's Jeannie Oakes, and NYC's Shael Polakow-Suransky) ...
Thompson: Other Teachers' Students [image: Spring]Central Park was full of students on post-test field trips last week and I couldn't resist interacting with a class of 8th graders I came across. I told the teacher that his kids made me miss the classroom, and a wiry, assertive black ...
NCLB: Reformers Alienate Spellings At A Price [image: image from images.politico.com]Politico's story about Margaret Spellings (Talks leave Margaret Spellings behind) paints a pretty negative picture of Spellings' prospects for influencing NCLB reauthorization. Former colleague Russ Whitehurst ...
