The New York Times Magazine's Education Issue: A Treasure Trove of Big Ideas
There were so many interesting ideas crammed into the New York Times Magazine's annual education issue this week that I hardly know where to start.
I knew it was going to be a busy day of reading when the paper's front-page centerpiece was about a high school student with autism preparing for life in an adult world, without the safety net of his educational programs. In this remarkable story, reporter Amy Harmon demonstrates what can happen when writers have the access, the resources and the time to really examine a complicated issue.
Harmon effectively personalized the debate over intensive interventions for children with autism by letting us meet the multitalented, and multi-challenged, young artist Justin Canha. The online multimedia package, with both
