How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better. Running a Race Against Ourselves. Published Online: July 5, 2011 Commentary By Jonathan Plucker & David Rutkowski The past decade has seen tremendous changes in America’s public education system, with the past 12 months among the most active in our country’s history.
Indeed, in each state legislature this past winter and spring, education reform was as hot of a topic as we have seen in years. The media circus in Wisconsin was the most visible example, but education issues are at the heart of heated political controversy in several states. Deconstructing the college industrial complex. Closing the Achievement Gap - Reihan Salam & Tino Sanandaji.