Last week the New York Times published an interesting article, titled Scholar’s School Reform U-Turn Shakes Up Debate, about education historian Diane Ravitch’s about-face on a number of public education issues.
I have been reading Dr. Ravitch’s work for …
With all the organizations out there aimed at improving life as we know it in West Virginia – from Vision Shared to CreateWV to ImagineWV to the Democratic and Republican Parties, it is with great trepidation that I suggest the …
From time to time, I like to call people’s attentions to provocative ideas that lie outside the mainstream of conventional thought, especially if I believe there is at least a grain of truth in what is being said. Today that …
Over the last three weeks, Troy Body has published three “Cool Cities” blog posts challenging “GroupThink” concerning “The Rise of the Creative Class,” a book by Dr. Richard Florida, which is considered quasi-Biblical by those in the community development and …
Over the last few weeks, I have come across writings from very different genres that challenge economic development and education “groupthink.” I encourage you to peruse the links in this and other upcoming posts because they truly will cause you …