Wednesday, August 18, 2010

17 August 2010 Op-Ed at OEN

Reconsider Education "Miracles"

References

[1] Brooks, D, (2009, May 7). The Harlem miracle. The New York Times, A31.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/opinion/08brooks.html

[2] Dobbie, W., & Fryer, R. G., Jr. (2009), Are high-quality schools enough to close the achievement gap? Evidence from a bold social experiment in Harlem. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. Retrieved June 5, 2009, from http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/files/hcz%204.15.2009.pdf

[3] Shulman, R. (2009, August 2). Harlem program singled out as model. The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/01/AR2009080102297.html

[4] Molnar, A. (2001, April 11). The media and educational research: What we know vs. what the public hears. Milwaukee, WI: Center for Education Research, Analysis, and Innovation. Retrieved 18 July 2009 from http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/cerai-01-14.htm

[5] Yettick, H. (2009). The research that reaches the public: Who produces the educational research mentioned in the news media? Boulder and Tempe: Education and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. Retrieved 5 August 2009 from http://epicpolicy.org/publication/research-that-reaches

[6] Freire, P. (1998). Pedagogy of freedom: Ethics, democracy, and civic courage. Trans. P. Clarke. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., p.110.

[7] Pallas, A. (2009). Just how gullible is David Brooks? New York: Gotham Schools. Retrieved May 8, 2009, from http://gothamschools.org/2009/05/08/just-how-gullible-is-david-brooks/

[8] See http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/11/60minutes/main1611936.shtml

[9] Whitman, D. (2008, Fall). An appeal to authority. Education Next, 8(4). Retrieved 29 June 2009 from http://educationnext.org/an-appeal-to-authority/ ; Landsberg, M. (2009, May 31). Spitting in the eye of mainstream education. Los Angeles Times online. Retrieved 29 June 2009 from http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-charter31-2009may31,0,6482403.story

[10] Ravitch, D. (2009, May 12). What the “Harlem Miracle” really teaches. Bridging Differences blog. Education Week. Retrieved 27 December 2009 from http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2009/05/what_the_harlem_miracle_really.html

[11] Dobbie & Fryer.