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Reforming Toward the Center
Matthew Yglesias — ... Writing in The Nation, Alfie Kohn criticizes the “education reform” movement and opens with the good point that this term gets thrown around in a pretty loosey-goosey and unprincipled manner when the movement actually has some pretty specific commitments. Here’s his debunking: ...

The Education Battle Continues
The Stump — ... in the LA Times praised the opposing ideas of the reform camp, so dubbed for its hard line approach to accountability, testing, and merit pay. But coming to Darling-Hammond's defense is Alfie Kohn in The Nation, who characterized the reform community as test-crazed and "disconcertingly allied with conservatives." And then there's Greg Palast at the ...

Duncan’s the one
Joanne Jacobs — ... He has the political skills necessary to build a coalition on behalf of No Child Left Behind reauthorization. Because he is close to both Obamas, he will ensure that education doesn’t fall, as it usually does, into the ranks of the second-tier issues. Alfie Kohn attacked reformers , such as Duncan, as more-of-the-same traditionalists in the Nation. Diana Senechal criticized their ...