My Commencement Address
Now that it's graduation season, the press can't help but write articles like this one…
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The Worst Political Era Ever. Except For All The Others
After two weeks of not writing, a function of both intellectual blockage and a terrifically…
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But Zero Percent Confidence: Teacher Reform Gets Squishy
Imagine what would happen if the so-called education reformers knew what they were talking about.…
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…Are Doomed to Repeat It
The educational testing mania that has gripped the country over the past decade has bared…
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The Boston Backlash
Here it comes. Immediately after one of the most harrowing, frightening, wierdly compelling and sweat-inducing…
Book Reviews
Talking With Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Here is my latest interview appearing in Audiofile Magazine. No, I didn't get to speak…
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The Texas Education Back-Step
From the state that gave the United States the worst idea in school reform since…
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The Target Moves
If recent news reports are accurate, then the United States Senate will be discussing gun…
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The Smiths and the Folly of Testing
Whenever I read about the foolishness of using standardized tests to evaluate teachers, I am…
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Redefining Equality
The Supreme Court will finally hear arguments in the Marriage Equality cases this week, and…
