Richard Rothstein's American Prospect investigation into the details of Joel Klein's childhood (no, I'm not kidding here) is really not worth reading, but it unfortunately exemplifies two of the most toxic aspects of the current education reform conversation (fwiw it also contains some interesting information about the history of post-war public housing in NYC): (redefinedonline.org)
A new AEI paper by Jonathan Wai and Frank C. Worrell, «Fully Developing the Potential of Academically Advanced Students: Helping Them Will Help Society» argues that gifted students are often left out of education reform conversations. (coreeducationllc.com)
External accountability, high - stakes testing, and a focus on international rankings dominate much of the global education reform conversations. (iel.org)