Media: News Comes From Somewhere - You Should Care
These are some of the questions that came up for me yesterday when it came to light that EdWeek superblogger Stephen Sawchuk had written a post about the existence of an NEA SuperPAC that morning without crediting independent blogger Ken Libby as a likely source for the startling news.
Read on for the whole story and my thoughts about the importance of saying where stories come from -- not so much to credit colleagues but mostly to maintain credibility with readers.
As you can see from the chronology below, Libby had tweeted out a link about the existence of the
The discussion of obesity rates during NPR's The Diane Rehm Show explained why America can not afford data-driven school "reform." The tens of billions of dollars ineffectively invested in test-driven accountability is not the problem. It's the opportunity costs of focusing on a narrow part of kids' brains that will bankrupt us eventually. Only 10% of elementary school children have daily physical education. Obesity rates are projected to reach 50%. We will be paying $450 billion in additional