Disappearing Ink
If you haven’t heard the news that the newspaper industry is dying, you must not be reading the newspaper anymore. Which is entirely possible. According to the Pew Research Center, newspaper readership...
View ArticleGiving Up on Education Reporting
Mike Antonucci (see http://www.eiaonline.com) is arguably the country’s most knowledgeable writer on K-12 collective bargaining and related issues. If you are not signed up to receive his periodic...
View ArticleNo Reader Left Behind: Improving Media Coverage of Education
A Brookings panel discussion Wednesday afternoon should be interesting.
View ArticleThe Gray Lady, Part 2: The Other Shoe Drops
In my previous post about the New York Times, I intentionally ignored a small elephant in the room (skunk at the garden party?), one best described in a recent Whitney Tilson email blast… I quote,...
View ArticleThe Education Reform Book Is Dead
For this 10th anniversary issue, Education Next asked me to highlight the education reform books, released over the last decade, that define currently dominant education-reform strategies. For any...
View ArticleThink Tank vs Academic Work?
Holly Yettick’s paper, The Research that Reaches the Public: Who Produces the Educational Research Mentioned in the News Media?, is an interesting look at the sources of mentions on educational issues...
View ArticleWhat Subjects Does Edu-World Track?
Today’s blog is entirely a matter of assuaging edu-geek curiosity. My pal Mike Petrilli and I got into a conversation the other week that only someone trapped in edu-land could love: we started...
View ArticleThe Newsroom’s View of Education Reform
Imagine that you’re a casual follower of the education policy debate. You read the major national outlets—the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today—and you might come...
View ArticleBehind the Headline: What if No Child Left Behind Worked and Nobody Realized...
On Top of the News What if No Child Left Behind Worked and Nobody Realized It? Blame the Media. The 74 | 9/30/15 Behind the Headline Evaluating NCLB Education Next| Summer 2010 In an article on The 74,...
View ArticleHow Did Major Newspapers Cover the 2018 Teacher Strikes? – by Frederick Hess
Key Points • This report analyzes every article on the 2018 teacher strikes published by five national newspapers • The framing of teacher walkout coverage was remarkably impartial, with 56 of 59...
View ArticleIs Career and Technical Education Just Enjoying Its 15 Minutes of Fame? – by...
Over the past couple years, career and technical education has garnered a lot of attention. Politico reported that 49 states and Washington, DC, enacted 241 career and technical education–related...
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