Addendum (and a catchy tune): Ethics, Social Science Research and VAMing Teachers

A few days ago, I posted my concerns regarding the contorted logic of the Brookings report on evaluating teacher evaluation … More

Demystifying today’s Abbott Decision

First, let’s identify the players: New Jersey Legislature & Governor, or THE STATE Children attending Abbott school districts and their … More

Political pundits and the media frequently point out two major concerns regarding the organization of public school districts in New … More

Below are a series of graphs of the distribution of enrollments and average total expenditures for Texas private schools. I … More

The Brookings Institution has now released their web based version of Passing Muster including a nifty calculation tool for rating … More

Performance Demographics Cohort Attrition Rates for Selected Newark Charters

New Jersey’s current commissioner of education seems to stake much of his arguments for the urgency of implementing reform strategies … More

This post is a follow-up to a recent post on how income distributions differ across states and how those income … More

Here’s a quick data driven post on Governor’s state aid cuts – or aid changes. So far, I’ve been able … More

This post provides a follow-up on two seemingly unrelated topics, both of which can be traced back to the Center … More