Jonah Edelman

So why don’t we reward and keep the best ones?

Ignore the left- and right-wing noise machines: the new tests being introduced to kids across the country are valuable.

The Ohio governor just took a bold stand against Tea Party hysteria about education standards. Call him the anti-Jindal.

Congress is attempting to pass the buck on federal funding for education. The results would be disastrous.

It’s called “undermatching”—when super-smart poor kids could get into elite schools but are afraid to apply. And it’s a problem we can fix.

We’re spending way too much time focusing on who is ‘winning’ and ‘losing’ debates over education, and not enough on implementing proven solutions.