I spent a recent night reading Dr. Seuss to my son and then—once he’d gone to bed—watched coverage of Herman Cain’s burgeoning sexual harassment scandal. Maybe it’s no surprise that I awoke with quatrains and couplets bouncing around in my head. Childish doggerel is a perfect fit for the adolescent state of our current politics. … Continue reading
Opponents of education reform often portray policy disagreements in terms of democratic public education vs. corporate privatization. Look, for instance, at Diane Ravitch’s and Randi Weingarten’s comments on this post from Mike Petrilli. Petrilli argues that reformers need to work much harder to push back against union-controlled school boards: And that’s where we get to the … Continue reading
