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October 20, 2008

Fall Books!

Dan Brown's book, The Great Expectations School, is out in paperback now with some new endorsements. (As a sidenote, it turns out that the two of us went to the same elementary school, pictured left, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and even shared four of six elementary school teachers.)Also keep your e...  Read Full Post >

May 21, 2008

Suggestions for a Summer Reading List?

It's about that time, folks - what are you planning to read this summer? I've just started this book by Dan Koretz, Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us, and I highly recommend it. Also on my list for the summer are:* Finders and Keepers: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive in ...  Read Full Post >

February 11, 2008

Guest Blogger Jeff Henig: How the Blogosphere Can Raise the Level of Public Discourse About Research

Jeff Henig is a Professor of Political Science and Education at Teachers College. He shares insights from his new book, Spin Cycle, published this month by The Russell Sage Foundation.Public discussions about education research are often highly polarized. Advocates often wield their own studies and...  Read Full Post >

January 26, 2008

Books That Make You Dumb

Facebook detective Virgil Griffith has cooked up a clever graph plotting students' favorite books against their institutions' average SAT scores. The result is a cheeky (non-causal) cultural portrait of American college students. Books at the top of the SAT food chain include Lolita, One Hundred Yea...  Read Full Post >

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