The Answer Sheet: The List


Posted at 09:43 AM ET, 05/12/2013

Gates gives $150 million in grants for Common Core Standards
By Valerie Strauss
For a supposedly public initiative, the Common Core States Initiative has benefited enormously from the generosity of Bill and Melinda Gates.

By Valerie Strauss  |  09:43 AM ET, 05/12/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  A Major Investment, Common Core State Standards, The List of Grants

Posted at 02:13 PM ET, 04/18/2013

Why I'm not writing (anything new) about Jay's High School Challenge Index this year
By Valerie Strauss
For lots of reasons. Here they are.

By Valerie Strauss  |  02:13 PM ET, 04/18/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Challenge Index, He Just Published the 2013 List

Posted at 01:46 PM ET, 01/02/2013

House Republicans like Indiana for education panel (update)
By Valerie Strauss
The Republicans have chosen their lineup for the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce in the 113th Congress, and it turns out that Indiana took top honors in terms of number of seats. Here's the list.

By Valerie Strauss  |  01:46 PM ET, 01/02/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Congress, Education Policy, House committee members selected, The List

Posted at 09:13 AM ET, 11/05/2010

Who’s NOT on Forbes powerful people list -- but should be
By Valerie Strauss
On the Forbes list of the 68 most powerful people in the world you will find government leaders, bankers, religious figures, a drug trafficker and Oprah Winfrey. But you won't find an educator, and there's one who should have been on the list.

By Valerie Strauss  |  09:13 AM ET, 11/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education Secretary Duncan | Tags:  arne duncan, china president, dalai lama, forbes, forbes magazine, hu jintao, jintao, mark zuckerberg, oprah, oprah winfrey, pope benedict, powerful people list, president obama

Posted at 11:14 AM ET, 10/28/2010

Do we really need an ed 'enemies list'?
By Valerie Strauss
The University Council for Educational Administration Review has published an education "enemies list." I wish it hadn't.

By Valerie Strauss  |  11:14 AM ET, 10/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Guest Bloggers | Tags:  arne duncan, e.d. hirsch, enemies list, rick hess, school reform

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 09/14/2010

Obama picked wrong school to give speech
By Valerie Strauss
The Philadelphia school chosen for President Obama’s second annual “back to school” speech to students around the country is consistently ranked as a great public college-preparatory institution. That’s why he should have picked a different school to visit.

By Valerie Strauss  |  05:00 AM ET, 09/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  School turnarounds/reform | Tags:  central falls high school, elliott school, obama and back to school, obama and back to school speech, obama and masterman school, obama and school reform, obama and speech, obama and speech and students, obama speech, president obama and back to school, president obama and school reform, restructured schools, t.c. williams, t.c. williams high school, urgent need of reform list

Posted at 07:36 AM ET, 06/20/2010

Summer books for reluctant teen readers
By Valerie Strauss
Summer is the best time to entice reluctant readers to enter and learn to love books. It can happen, but there’s a trick: You have to let kids pick out their own books. To help you, the American Library Association has a great 2010 list of books for teens ages 12-18. Here it is.

By Valerie Strauss  |  07:36 AM ET, 06/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Reading | Tags:  american library association, book lists, books about robert pattinson, books for teens, books for young adults, books on robert pattinson, books on the jonas brothers, getting kids to read, getting teens to read, reading, reluctant readers, robert pattinson biography, teen books list, the jonas brothers, the jonas brothers story, the robert pattinson story, young adult book list

Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 04/29/2010

The surprising educator on Time’s list of influential people
By Valerie Strauss
A surprising addition to Time magazine's 2010 list of most influential people is the one educator included--and no, it is not D.C. Schools Superintendent Michelle Rhee, who has become the darling of school reforms nationwide. Neither is it Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

By Valerie Strauss  |  12:36 PM ET, 04/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Time magazine, deborah gist, michelle rhee, most influential list, most influential people, time list of influential people, time mag's list of influential people

Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 11/27/2009

The List: The best Southern books ever written
By Valerie Strauss
I love book lists, especially those compiled with a lot of considered opinion. The current edition of The Oxford American, a magazine that features the writing of the South, just asked more than 125 scholars and writers to select the best Southern books ever written.

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:30 AM ET, 11/27/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  The List, book list

Posted at 10:30 AM ET, 11/13/2009

The List: 10 best college presidents, as determined by Time
By Valerie Strauss
E. Gordon Gee of Ohio State University tops Time magazine's list of 10 best college and university presidents.

By Valerie Strauss  |  10:30 AM ET, 11/13/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Higher Education | Tags:  The List, college presidents

Posted at 04:00 PM ET, 10/12/2009

Enough With The Lists Already
By Valerie Strauss
The Daily Beast blog does an "exclusive" list of the "smartest" cities in the country. So when will we stop paying attention to silly lists?

By Valerie Strauss  |  04:00 PM ET, 10/12/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Higher Education, Higher Education | Tags:  The Daily Beast, list of smartest cities

Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 09/18/2009

THE LIST: College Courses I Want to Take
By Valerie Strauss
Sometimes I daydream about returning to college and enrolling only in courses that I really want to take. Thanks to on-line catalogs, I designed an academic load that includes math, music, chemistry, writing, space exploration, history and physical education--with courses in tree climbing, chocolate making, videogames, stupidity and more. All are being offered this fall at colleges and universities.

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:30 AM ET, 09/18/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  college courses, the list