StickWithANose

The Washington Post is not alone in its un-critical reporting of yesterdays release of the newest KIPP report but it was so blatantly un-critical that it only reinforces the perception that owning Kaplan Inc. influences its education reporting. At least EdWeek offered some token criticism buried beneath the PR. Here’s what both missed… Education Policy [...]

In doing the research for my dissertation, I read all of the popular texts* addressing education policy and reform produced by six major think-tanks between 1998-2008. One of the many things that struck me was the degree to which the books produced identical narratives that employed the same talking points and political sloganeering and the [...]