Showing Some Love for the OG NAEP
It’s common knowledge that for technical and practical reasons I’m not a big fan of preserving NAEP trends. I’m a little suspect of trying to stretch test scales across decades back to the 1990s, let alone back to the 1970s. That being said, I’m also one who respects history and lineage. And as we emerge…
Ten Numbers That Shook My World
We all have them. The images that we can never unsee. The quote, song lyric, or perhaps poem that we never forget. That friend, colleague, or chance interaction that had a profound impact on us. Having spent my life immersed in data, I guess that it makes sense that I also have a list of…
American Education: A Tangled Can of Monkeys
Try as I might, my mind just won’t let go of the story about the school year for Pawtucket, Rhode Island elementary school students being extended because it was discovered that the school day has been 5 minutes too short. From beginning to end, from regulation to problem to solution to acceptance, the issue in…
Culture > Curriculum > Courses
As I leaf through excited posts and articles about how AI is going to help assess durable skills and bring to life the freshly painted portraits of high school graduates, I start to get an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach and a tightness in my chest. My fear is that once again…
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“Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” – Albert Camus
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