The decade or more from, say, 1992 to 2005, saw a dearth of smart attention to the kinds of questions that political scientists can most effectively address. Read Full Post >
Three smart, well-written, and provocative books that are worth checking out. Read Full Post >
About this time last year, I shared a short chapter I'd penned for Richard Elmore's intriguing volume I Used to Think...And Now I Think. In the piece, I explained why I've grown so skeptical of many kinds of "experts" over time. Since we've added a bunch of readers since I last ran the chapter in ... Read Full Post >
Note: This Thanksgiving week, I'm giving RHSU readers a look at my essay in Richard Elmore's Harvard Education Press volume I Used to Think...And Now I Think. Elmore's book features a variety of K-12 thinkers--including Howard Gardner, Larry Cuban, Deb Meier, and Mike Smith--discussing how their th... Read Full Post >
Note: This Thanksgiving week, I'm giving RHSU readers a look at my essay in Richard Elmore's Harvard Education Press volume I Used to Think...And Now I Think. Elmore's book features a variety of K-12 thinkers--including Howard Gardner, Larry Cuban, Deb Meier, and Mike Smith--discussing how their t... Read Full Post >
Cool new book out that I think you might want to eyeball. It's the product of a terrific collection of thinkers gathered under the auspices of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After three years of thought and discussion, ably steered by Harvard University's Bob Schwartz and Jal Mehta, the c... Read Full Post >
The Chicago teachers strike has put a fine point on the split over education reform in today's Democratic Party. In Chi-town, we see a bastion of the Democratic coalition facing off against a Democratic mayor who used to be Obama's chief of staff. Well, for a terrific explanation of how things got... Read Full Post >
Before I blogged, people who knew my writing generally knew it from my books or essays. Nowadays, though, many seem to know me primarily through RHSU. That's cool, but it means readers sometimes sidle up at conferences or speeches to ask, "How the heck can you be both for X and against Y?" After a... Read Full Post >
Note: This week, I'm giving RHSU readers a look at my essay in Richard Elmore's recent Harvard Education Press volume I Used to Think...And Now I Think. If you find this stuff at all interesting, I'd definitely encourage you to check the book out. For days one and two, see here and here. Say so... Read Full Post >
Note: This week, I'm giving RHSU readers a look at my essay in Richard Elmore's recent Harvard Education Press volume I Used to Think...And Now I Think. If you find this stuff at all interesting, I'd definitely encourage you to check the book out. For day one, see here. Along my path through aca... Read Full Post >
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