Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

Back in the 2000’s, Matt Miller was a frequent writer about education issues. One of his more memorable pieces was this one: First, Kill All the School Boards  [2008]. Now, according to his Wikipedia page, he’s a...

Not unexpectedly, LA Governor Bobby Jindal has lost his appeal to block the Common Core process. Plus also questions about racial gaps in test scores for teachers: Jindal loses appeal on Common Core lawsuit in state court AP: A...

All eyes are on New Orleans right now, between the charter school conference ramping up there this weekend and the new Tulane report suggesting that things have gotten much better there for kids. That makes sense given...

PolitiFact has also taken a look at some of the things that Jeb Bush has had to say on the topic of education, and come up with some concerns about claims he’s made about the impact of his actions in Florida. For example,...

Today’s news includes a new report from Tulane about school progress in NOLA, and more about the new MIT-based ed school being started by the former head of Teachers Collage New Orleans school changes worked, Cowen...

A big, belated congrats to NPR’s education team (Steve Drummond, Anya Kamenetz, Cory Turner, and others) for its recent series of stories called Grad Rates. I’ve heard and seen nothing but good things about the...