Cross-posted at Education Week The debate we are now carrying on about the Common Core is very odd. Putatively a debate about what the standards should be, it is really about what level of government should be setting the standards. Only at the margins are we...
International Highlights The Skills to Remain Employed in the Current and Future Workforce According to the OECD Skills Outlook 2015 report, unemployed and under-employed youth remain at record highs in many European countries, with more than 35 million 16-29 year-olds neither employed nor in education or training...
Cross-posted at Education Week Commencement speakers typically exhort their captive audience to follow their dream instead of being careerists. Everyone else is telling young people to be practical, forget the liberal arts, pick out a career in a high-demand field and go for it. In an...