There are many reasons to be frustrated with Iran’s double talk about its nuclear program, its backing of Hezbollah in Lebanon and possibly arming Shiite militias in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan...
Regarding Chester E. Finn Jr. and Diane Ravitch's op-ed ("Not by Geeks Alone," Aug. 8): The authors state the problem correctly -- elevating the importance of science, technology, engineering and math ("STEM" subjects) above subjects like history and literature does American students no favors...
It's been interesting to see how readers of this blog have expressed what they think of Diane Ravitch's definition for bilingual education that appears in her new book about education jargon...
Since the California Republican Party has oddly decided to attack Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez just two days after the GOP dropped its seven-week stranglehold on the state budget (a friendly reminder: the state Assembly passed the budget on July 20th), we figured we would remind the CRP of what those in the reality-based world are saying...
The first-year results of a five-year study of nearly 50 New York City charter schools echo what we in the charter movement have been saying for the last 10 years...
