March 2, 2020

Manic reforms, depressed scores

Our public education system is bipolar.  Its reformers are manic, but the test scores are depressed. Bipolar disorder is a serious condition afflicting nearly six million Americans.  Unfortunately, it's also a metaphor for ...

December 30, 2008

Preserving the unfunded mandate myth

A few weeks ago, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the lawsuit, backed by the National Education Association (NEA), against the federal government for not "fully funding" the No Child Left Behind law.The NEA may or ...