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Education Doesn't Work 2.0
a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps
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Education Week: How is Power Distributed in American Public K-12 Education?
like everything in our education system, the division of power is historically contingent, ad hoc, and pretty weird
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Education Commentary is Dominated by Optimism Bias
What follows is a piece that I was commissioned to write for an education publication called The Grade. On submission they declared that the piece was…
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Education Week: Review of The Education Trap
an informative and convincing book that I had a hard time getting through
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if formal music education is a privilege, spread the privilege
I was encouraged by this open letter from musicians and music educators in the Guardian, responding to a deeply wrongheaded essay arguing that, since…
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The Autodidact Fantasy
Silicon Valley dreams of self-driven education don't acknowledge human nature
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Education Doesn't Work
student ability is remarkably static and predictable from pre-K to college and beyond, and this means that our social contract is broken
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Two Education Stories That Are Just Begging for Good Journalism
Education and educational measurement are the subjects where I come closest to offering expertise; I studied educational assessment in grad school…
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Human Capital is Real, and Some People Are Smarter Than Other People
until we acknowledge that, there can be no coherent discussion of education
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the Official Dogma of Education (version 1.0)
What follows is my first crack at articulating what I call the Official Dogma of Education. The Official Dogma is a set of presumptions and values that…
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Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
nth times the charm
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why selection bias is the most powerful force in education
Imagine that you are a gubernatorial candidate who is making education and college preparedness a key facet of your campaign. Consider these two state…
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