I will graduate high school knowing how to take the derivative of complicated logarithmic equations. I will not graduate high school knowing how to
Category: Education
It’s worse than it looks: False equivalencies in media reporting
In their book, “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism,” authors Thomas Mann
Educational data, for the most part, is worthless
At a time when we are spending more and more taxpayers’ money on standardized tests and technology to enable us to take those standardized
The making of a progressive
What makes a Republican? We have some clues but it’s still largely a mystery. I recently saw a story on the CBS Evening News
Republicans will punt on economic recovery
The first significant economic figure that came out in the wake of the government shutdown and near collision with the debt limit was the
Marching on Washington: Then and now
You’re at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August, 1963. In November, 1967, you’re on the Mall in Washington petitioning the
Providence RI reforms education via summer school
Providence, RI Superintendent of Schools Susan Lusi is the kind of education reformer we really need – one who cares about the well-being of
Student loans for pre-school?
As if the student-loan crisis wasn’t bad enough, now there’s a proposal to create a market for loans for pre-school. The idea comes from
Detroit’s troubles can help us find the way to full recovery
As part of his Great Society Program in the mid to late 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson persuaded Congress to enact the Model Cities
Awed by the public library
As bankruptcy predators began salivating over publicly owned treasures in Detroit–namely, the assets of the Detroit Institute of Art–I was visiting the newly renovated,