by Jeff Bryant | Oct 15, 2013 | Education
The latest news stories from the brave frontiers of a movement known as "education reform" are in, and the consensus view is that down continues to be the new up. Personnel programs such as teacher merit pay that were supposed to improve the financial efficiency of...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 8, 2013 | Education
Education "reform" wasn't supposed to turn out like this. In an ironic coda to the No Child Left Behind era last week, Texas officially turned its back on George W. Bush's policy triumph by opting out of his signature mandate for schools to achieve "adequate yearly...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 1, 2013 | Education
Scores on the SAT – "the nation's most widely used" college entrance exam – made news headlines recently, and the averages are either a "call to action," a sign of progress, or "meaningless." Confused? You should be. Because reports of testing data, whether they're...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 25, 2013 | Education
One of the most popular shows on TV currently centers on a high school chemistry teacher whose cancer diagnosis and lack of adequate health insurance vault him into a life of crime in the drug trade. The series takes to an extreme the personal human drama of the main...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 17, 2013 | Education
Earlier this year, spontaneous rebellions against top-down mandates and budget cuts inflicted on public schools erupted around the nation. In a months-long Education Spring, students, parents, teachers and community activists staged boisterous rallies, street...
