The good folks at Inside philanthropy-washingtonmonthly-com wrote recently about the growth of foundation-funded education journalism. The piece (More Funding Is Flowing for Education Journalism. Is That Okay?) asks some good...
Read MoreA Matt Yglesias article and accompanying chart posted on Vox yesterday purported to make the case that the housings costs of homes near high-performing public schools (top right quadrant) make them inaccessible to many middle-...
Read MoreToday’s news includes more about childhood poverty, a look at Kasich’s education record, some good news for testing opponents in the ESEA rewrite that’s headed to conference: The U.S. Is Letting Poor Kids Fall...
Read MoreRemember last week’s kerfluffle over whether the Washington Post’s writeup of a new education site/effort that is being headed by former CNN host Campbell Brown was fair and neutrally-worded? Sure you do. What...
Read MoreAsking around about the coverage of the ESEA renewal debate in the Senate last week, nothing major has come up — no giant mistakes or obvious gaffes. As noted below, Vox and Politics K-12 were singled out for their work....
Read MoreToday’s news include the annual KIDS COUNT report, showing that more kids are poor than in 2008 before the recession, and some looks ahead at the House-Senate conference to come up with a new version of ESEA/NCLB. More...
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