At the end of last year, my colleague Ilana Ovental and I took a deep look into the media coverage of education during the pandemic. Part of that analysis asked whether — and how — coverage changed over time. So, we used Lexis Nexis to track the attention devoted to…

Last fall, I wrote enthusiastically about novelist Kevin M. McIntosh’s book Class Dismissed, terming it a “revealing, gripping, and highly readable volume.” Well, McIntosh and I wound up corresponding a bit after the review, and I was fascinated by his experience as a 30-year veteran educator and Pushcart Prize-nominated author…

Last week, the country watched the first contested fight for the role of House speaker in a century. …

Last month — over at Education Next — my research assistant, Ilana Ovental, and I took a careful look at media coverage of education. We were particularly curious as to how the pandemic altered the focus of coverage. If you’re curious, go read the whole thing. (It’s not long, and…

Yesterday, we unveiled the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Of course, over the years, readers have also expressed an interest in how scholars fared when it came to particular fields of study. After all, education research includes a lot of people doing very different kinds of work. Consequently, where…

Today, we unveil the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the United States who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Simply making this list of 200 scholars is noteworthy, given the 20,000 or more who might qualify. …

Tomorrow, I’ll be unveiling the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, recognizing the 200 university-based scholars who had the biggest influence on educational practice and policy last year. This will be the 13th annual edition of the rankings. …

On Thursday, I’ll be publishing the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, honoring the 200 education scholars who had the biggest influence on the nation’s education discourse last year. Today, I want to explain the purpose of those rankings. (I’ll reveal the scoring rubric tomorrow.) The exercise starts from two…

As we finish our end-of-year plans and holiday shopping/traveling, there is one thing that I am excited to give you a heads-up about: the imminent RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. This year, the release of the 2023 rankings will occur during the first week of January. These rankings recognize university-based…