Are the poor envious of the rich?

Since Occupy Wall Street pushed inequality back into the mainstream consciousness, those on the right have scrambled to mount their defenses. Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor tried to defend by emphasizing the existence of social mobility, something that is

The new study on value-added teacher evaluations and its limitations

One of the most interesting debates surrounding the Education Reform Movement has been about teacher evaluations. Education reformers operate off the assumption that bad teachers and bad schools are to blame for the achievement gap between poor and rich children, making teacher evaluations an important component of their reform program. Problematically for reformers, the value-added… Continue reading The new study on value-added teacher evaluations and its limitations