Does it pay to obsess on where your kid goes to college?
We all know people who seem to spend all of their time obsessing about where their children are going to go to college, as if there is a magical place that will ensure success. There isn’t. Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, looks at this phenomenon. He […]
Arne Duncan brings hammer down on Washington state, pulling its ‘No Child’ waiver
The Education Department is for the first time yanking one of the waivers it gave to states that exempts them the most onerous parts of the flawed No Child Left Behind law. As a result, Washington state will now have to comply with all parts of No Child Left Behind. Because of the peculiarities of […]
How, after 60 years, Brown v. Board of Education succeeded — and didn’t
The 60th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling is almost upon us and it’s a good time to take a look at whether it succeeded in its mission: to end segregation in public schools. Here is an important report about what has and has not been accomplished by the case. It […]
4-23-14 The Answer Sheet What teachers really want
The Answer Sheet: Live online chat at 1 p.m. todayI’ll be doing a live chat on washingtonpost.com at 1 p.m. today, so if you have any questions or comments about anything in education (or even marginally related), send them in here: http://live.washingtonpost.com/the-answer-sheet-20230416.html Here are transcripts of my first chat, the second, and last week’s. 1 by Valerie Strauss / 45min 4-22