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2023

Rachel Shin on Hypercompetition at Elite Universities original ↗

9 Oct 2023

The Exceptionalism of American Higher Education original ↗

5 Oct 2023

Rosemarie Ostler: The Early Days of American English original ↗

2 Oct 2023

Jeremy Glazer — Teacher Expertise Isn’t Enough original ↗

25 Sept 2023

No Exit: Public Education as an Inescapably Public Good original ↗

21 Sept 2023

Academic Writing Issues #5: Failing to Use Dynamic Verbs original ↗

18 Sept 2023

Progressivism and Ed Schools: An American Romance original ↗

14 Sept 2023

You Don’t Need the Ivies to Be Successful original ↗

11 Sept 2023

From Citizens to Consumers: Evolution of Reform Rhetoric and Consumer Practice in the U.S.original ↗

7 Sept 2023

Diplomas May Be Killing the American Dream original ↗

4 Sept 2023

Buy Me a Chair original ↗

28 Aug 2023

David Brooks: What If We’re the Bad Guys Here?original ↗

21 Aug 2023

Sticker Shocker: US Universities Aren’t as Expensive as They Look original ↗

14 Aug 2023

Romance, Realism, and the Future of Ed Schools original ↗

10 Aug 2023

Academic Writing Issues #4: Failing to Listen for the Music original ↗

7 Aug 2023

Thoughts On My Online Persona original ↗

3 Aug 2023

My New Book: Being a Scholar original ↗

1 Aug 2023

Academic Writing Issues #3: Failing to Tell a Story original ↗

31 Jul 2023

Academic Writing Issues #2: Zombie Nouns original ↗

24 Jul 2023

Academic Writing Issues #1: Excessive Signposting original ↗

17 Jul 2023

Rags to Riches: How US Higher Ed Went from Pitiful to Powerful original ↗

13 Jul 2023

How the Fall of the Roman Empire Spurred the Rise of Modernity — and What this Suggests about Rise of US Higher Ed original ↗

10 Jul 2023

The Attractions of Doing School original ↗

6 Jul 2023

Aden Barton — How Harvard Careerism Killed the Classroom original ↗

3 Jul 2023

Simon Sarris: School Is Not Enough original ↗

26 Jun 2023

Reflections on “The Trouble with Ed Schools” for the Chinese Edition of the Book original ↗

22 Jun 2023

John McWhorter — Forget Nouns. Verbs Are Where the Action Is original ↗

19 Jun 2023

Cartoons about Schooling original ↗

12 Jun 2023

Adam Grant — What Straight-A Students Get Wrong original ↗

5 Jun 2023

What Kids Miss When They Stay Out of School original ↗

1 Jun 2023

Daniel Markovits: Schooling in the Age of Human Capital original ↗

29 May 2023

Nobel Prizes Are Great, but Football Is Why US Universities Rule original ↗

25 May 2023

Michael Katz — Public Education as Welfare original ↗

22 May 2023

Alain de Boton: On Asking People What They Do original ↗

15 May 2023

Michael Massing: Avoid These Cliches Like the Plague original ↗

1 May 2023

Irena Smith — The Golden Ticket original ↗

24 Apr 2023

Francis Fukuyama — Balancing Bureaucratic Autonomy and Political Control: Covid Lessons original ↗

17 Apr 2023

Doctoral Dysfunction original ↗

13 Apr 2023

Michael Ignatieff: Epistemological Panic, or Thinking for Yourself original ↗

10 Apr 2023

Links to All My Publications and Course Materials — An Updated List original ↗

6 Apr 2023

Johann Neem — Revenge of the Poorly Educated original ↗

3 Apr 2023

George Packer: The Moral Case Against Equity Language original ↗

27 Mar 2023

My New Book Is Out: Being a Scholar original ↗

23 Mar 2023

Walter Mimms — How “Please” Stopped Being Polite original ↗

20 Mar 2023

Career Ladders and the Early School Teacher: A Story of Inequality and Opportunity original ↗

16 Mar 2023

Walter Parker — Democracy Dies without Trust or Truth: Shore Up Civics in Schools original ↗

13 Mar 2023

Consuming the Public School original ↗

9 Mar 2023

Nathan Greenfield and Val Bur– The Influence of Institutional Prestige in Faculty Hiring original ↗

6 Mar 2023

Paul Fussell — “Thank God for the Atom Bomb”original ↗

27 Feb 2023

Steven Pinker — Will ChatGPT Replace Human Writers?original ↗

20 Feb 2023

Course Syllabus — School, What Is It Good For?original ↗

16 Feb 2023

David Bentley Hart — How to Write English Prose original ↗

13 Feb 2023

School Syndrome: Understanding the USA’s Magical Belief that Schooling Can Somehow Improve Society, Promote Access, and Preserve Advantage original ↗

9 Feb 2023

John McWhorter — The Secret Lives of Words original ↗

6 Feb 2023

Larry Cuban — Kindergarten Teachers as Policymakers original ↗

30 Jan 2023

Nathan Greenfield — How Institutional Prestige Shapes Faculty Hiring original ↗

23 Jan 2023

Teach for America and Teacher Ed: Heads You Win, Tails We Lose original ↗

19 Jan 2023

Sarah Brownsberger — Stop the Term-Creation Meaning-Kidnap!original ↗

9 Jan 2023

Public Schools for Private Gain original ↗

5 Jan 2023

David Bell — Elite Universities Operate on the Principle of Self Interest above All Else original ↗

2 Jan 2023

2022

Adventures in Scholarship original ↗

29 Dec 2022

Jorgenson and Abram — The Dark Side of Rigor original ↗

26 Dec 2022

School Gave Me the Creeps original ↗

22 Dec 2022

Larry Cuban — Timelessness of Teacher-Centered Instruction original ↗

19 Dec 2022

Kevin Carey — The Incredible Shrinking Future of College original ↗

12 Dec 2022

How Not to Defend the Private Research University original ↗

8 Dec 2022

Larry Cuban’s Confessions of a School Reformer original ↗

5 Dec 2022

Cartoons about Academic Life original ↗

28 Nov 2022

A System Without a Plan original ↗

24 Nov 2022

Johann Neem — The Model Minority Might Be Too Good at the Game original ↗

21 Nov 2022

Luck and Pluck — Alternative Stories of Life in the Meritocracy original ↗

17 Nov 2022

Eric Levitz — The Diploma Divide original ↗

14 Nov 2022

Too Easy a Target: The Trouble with Ed Schools and the Implications for the University original ↗

10 Nov 2022

Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled Systems original ↗

7 Nov 2022

Cartoons about Faculty Life original ↗

31 Oct 2022

Let’s Measure What No One Teaches original ↗

27 Oct 2022

Christopher Hitchens — An Unbeliever’s Tribute to the King James Bible original ↗

24 Oct 2022

The Esthetic Pleasures of Academic Writing original ↗

13 Oct 2022

An Unlovely Legacy: The Disabling Impact of the Market on American Teacher Education original ↗

6 Oct 2022

William Galston — When Character Reigned original ↗

3 Oct 2022

Megan Daum — The Broken-In World original ↗

26 Sept 2022

Schooling the Meritocracy: How Schools Came to Democratize Merit, Formalize Achievement, and Naturalize Privilege original ↗

22 Sept 2022

The Role of Queen original ↗

19 Sept 2022

Futures of the Field of Education original ↗

15 Sept 2022

Nabokov on Student Exam Essays original ↗

12 Sept 2022

Larry Cuban — Classrooms Around the World original ↗

5 Sept 2022

Sermon on Educational Research original ↗

1 Sept 2022

Commentary on James Sweet’s Essay about Historical Presentism original ↗

29 Aug 2022

Suzannah Lipscomb — The History of Curse Words in English original ↗

22 Aug 2022

Niall Ferguson — How Complexity Trumps History original ↗

15 Aug 2022

Writing as an Exercise in Arrogance and Humility original ↗

11 Aug 2022

David Brooks — On the Art of Humblebragging original ↗

8 Aug 2022

The Five-Paragraph Fetish original ↗

28 Jul 2022

Insights from James Scott about the Conflicting Worldviews of Reformers and Teachers original ↗

21 Jul 2022

Mintz — Writing Is Thinking original ↗

18 Jul 2022

Why We Need Histories of Education original ↗

14 Jul 2022

Doctoral Proseminar — Introduction to Big Issues in the Field of Education original ↗

11 Jul 2022

Cartoons — Playing with Language original ↗

7 Jul 2022

Links to All My Publications and Course Materials — An Updated List original ↗

4 Jul 2022

Levinson and Markovitz — The Biggest Disruption in the History of American Education original ↗

30 Jun 2022