Feed Me!
Among the usual policy debates in the education think tank world about teacher quality, statistical accuracies, or value-added, it’s easy to forget that there are kids facing every-day struggles that...
View ArticleKirp on Preschool
Education Sector senior non-resident fellow David Kirp published two articles of note recently. One uses new research to suggest that early-childhood education is even more important than you might...
View ArticleCulture Club
Over at EdWize, Peter Goodman complains that “the pathology of poverty” makes it difficult to motivate and educate kids like those on The Wire: “Poverty, the culture of the streets is not shed at the...
View ArticleEveryone is Wrong About Vouchers
Both Ezra Klein and Megan McCardle post about vouchers today, and both are wrong, albeit in completely different ways. Megan says: I very rarely get angry about politics. But every time I see some...
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A Thousand Words
The graph above shows a group of schools in Denver, Colorado, courtesy of the State Department of Education. The numbers have some interesting implications for how to think about poverty, achievement,...
View ArticleEquality
Nordic countries are famous for their egalitarian attitudes and social policies, and so far the Finns have said nothing to contradict this. In the U.S., there’s significant variance in funding between...
View ArticleThe Community College Problem in Erie (and Other Cities Like It)
Within six years, two-thirds of all American jobs will require a postsecondary degree or certificate. The bad news? Less than one in three Americans currently has a bachelor’s degree. The good news?...
View ArticleWhat’s Best for Children? Supporting All Schools that Serve the Poor
Recently, I was at a technology conference near Phoenix and decided to drop by my old high school which I hadn’t visited since I graduated in… well, let’s just say when chalk was considered the go-to...
View ArticleRestarting Educational Mobility
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote a fascinating article on Monday highlighting the differences in upward mobility rates in cities across the country. It...
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