Valerie Strauss
Valerie Strauss
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Valerie Strauss is an education writer who blogs as The Answer Sheet. She came to The Washington Post in 1988 as the assistant foreign editor for Asia just before the Soviet Empire fell and Tiananmen Square exploded (which seems like ancient history to her two teenage daughters). After six years she moved to Metro and covered various education beats (D.C. schools and too many superintendents to count on one hand; higher education, etc.), started the Schools & Learning Page with Jay Mathews, and then agreed to try blogging (despite, at the time, hating the word “blog”). She would have liked to be an astronaut if math had not been such a crucible.

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VP Biden commencement speech to ‘9/11 generation’ at West Point

Valerie Strauss

Here’s the complete text of Vice President Joe Biden’s speech at commencement ceremonies on Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

How ed policy is hurting early childhood education

Valerie Strauss

A coalition of early childhood experts are speaking out about their growing concerns that new federal education policy is harming early childhood education and care.

Does Ed Sec Duncan agree with Romney on class size?

Valerie Strauss

Mitt Romney made news recently when he visited a charter school and suggested that class size isn’t a particularly important factor in student achievement. The Obama campaign criticized him for saying it — but Arne Duncan has said similar things in the past.

Useless college majors (according to Andy Samberg)

Valerie Strauss

Harvard University welcomed comedian Andy Samberg at its 2012 commencement ceremonies this week, where he gave a speech at Senior Class Day.

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