This post is an essay by Max Roser from the website Our World in Data. Here's a link to the original. Roser is the founder of that website, which I have found an invaluable source for valid data on all manner of subjects relevant in today's world. I check it out every day to check out … Continue reading Max Roser — The Limits of Personal Experience and the Value of Statistics
This post is a piece I published in Teachers College Record in 2014. Here’s a link to the original. It is now a chapter in my new book, The Ironies of Schooling. It’s an analysis of two major players in the world movement for educational accountability: OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), and the US No Child … Continue reading Let’s Measure What No One Teaches
This post is a piece I published in Teachers College Record in 2014. Here’s a link to the original. It’s an analysis of two major players in the world movement for educational accountability: OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), and the US No Child Left Behind law. The core argument is this: Both PISA and NCLB, I argue, … Continue reading Let’s Measure What No One Teaches
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing 