Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive There are LOTS of people who are going to miss Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, including educators who appreciated his poking...

Learning Matters, the folks behind the recent PBS NewsHour teacher attrition piece I had so many questions about, got back to me recently about why they used a higher new teacher attrition rate than I’d seen elsewhere,...

Today’s news includes a preview of tonight’s GOP debate, a look at the controversy surrounding Gov. Christie’s anti-teachers union comments (and their response), plus a look at new charters in Seattle: Preview...

Screen grab of [properly] corrected Washington Post story. Corrections based on facts and spellings are the easiest kinds of corrections to get from mainstream news outlets. And why not? They’re such small and irrefutable...

From part-time media watcher (and unabashed charter advocate) Neerav Kingsland: Study on NOLA shows unheard of gains for minority students. National media mentions: 0. Donald Trump does X. National media mentions: ∞ True...

Today’s education news includes a new report telling us what we already knew (that teacher support programs aren’t generally effective), plus followup on that kid handcuffing story from Alabama and an update on the...