Mostly sharing this to test if Diigo is working again... That said, any article that cites the Hart & Risley study is worth sharing...

Anyone want to put this one through the Willingham heuristic?  Also, anyone going to show your students cute images before the SOL exams? :)

"the tension between ideology and evidence in the education reform debate." This tension really lies at the heart of what we'll be discussing in the coming weeks. 

I respect what Deanna Jump has done, and what others involved in TPT are doing. There's a part of me, though, that feels compelled to wonder if the sharing of ideas in education is something that should be monetized, especially in an age where sharing is so easy. Do we want teachers to become siloed for-profit entrepreneurs? Isn't there some moral obligation to help and share as widely as possible?

"For every charter school that has opened in New York in the past decade, a parochial school has closed, Lackman states in the report that will be published next month in the Albany Law Review." I find charter schools particularly interesting from a political perspective. There's been a lot of research on charter schools. Here's an article about one more study.

"Matthews cited three studies, none of which shows the relationship he alleges, or purports to."

Tyler, Matthews writes for The Washington Post. That give him a huge audience and, therefore, immense power to persuade. And, as you know, with great power comes great responsibility. So, yeah...

Brookings voucher study