It’s hard to get very far these days without running into a story written by the Hechinger Report. The nonprofit outlet based at Columbia University’s Teacher College seems to produce an enormous amount of coverage...
Read MoreThe temptation to write “looming teacher shortage” stories can be a strong one for journalists, given the recent spate of “I’m quitting” testimonials and shortage hotspots like Las Vegas. But this...
Read MoreWatch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Last night on Fox, GOP frontrunner (for now) Jeb Bush talked about some of his positions that are unpopular with conservatives including Common Core: “We need higher standards....
Read MoreThe other day appeared an eye-grabbing headline from a newish site called Inside philanthropy-washingtonmonthly-com: What’s Up With That Big [$550,000] Grant to the Atlantic Monthly From the Walton Family Foundation?....
Read MoreSpeaking of BRIGHT, the solutions-oriented site that popped up on Medium this spring, here’s an excerpt recently published from Greg Toppo’s new book about game-based learning that asks the question What if we...
Read MoreThough the paper hasn’t confirmed it to me directly, news is getting out that the Boston Globe is soon going to launch an expanded, solutions-oriented education news desk. Once it does so, the Globe will be joining the...
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