Journalism

Don’t Fall Victim to MisNAEPery 0
- October 30, 2015
It’s NAEP season, my friends. The 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress results were released this week to a barrage of spin, rhetoric, and general “misNAEPery.” I’ve mostly seen this misNAEPery pop up in the form of certain folks using the data to show that education reform efforts aren’t working. (For now, we’ll ignore the […]
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Jeffco’s Ken Witt Pokes Recall Advocates 0
- October 9, 2015
Friday Fun Day has arrived yet again. I don’t have super-secret materials to share or an inspiring video to show you today. But I do have something pretty darn entertaining: A school board reformer in Jeffco calling the bluff of recall proponents in Jeffco by filing a complaint against… himself. Yes, that’s right. Tired of […]
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Tennessee Study Sequel Pours More Cold Water on Pre-K Enthusiasm 0
- October 8, 2015
Given new results from Tennessee, and Brookings’ key finding, best optimistic expectations for universal pre-K should at least be severely restrained.
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What’s New? PDK/Gallup Survey Flubs School Choice Question Once More 0
- August 25, 2015
For being so young, it feels like I’ve really had to repeat myself a lot lately. Not “Get off my lawn”-type of repetition, but still… it gets a little annoying sometimes. Just in the last couple weeks, the theme applies to Colorado’s need for course choice and the same old results for our state from […]
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Union Complaints Obscure Need for Fair, Level Playing Field 0
- August 6, 2015
Denver and Jeffco union leaders complain about new requirements to communicate with employees on the same terms as other groups. But shouldn’t teachers be given options on a level playing field?
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Fact-Challenged (or Math-Challenged?) Jeffco Recallers Send Wrong Messages 0
- July 9, 2015
You can learn a lot by observing people’s actions, not just their words. How do you “get politics out of our schools”? More politics. How do you “restore democracy”? By trying to overturn the will of the voters. How do you “fight to save education”? By feeding people lies and misinformation rather than encourage critical […]
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