Lives on the Boundary: Education and Inequality

Mike Rose / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 What is the relation of social class and inequality to achievement, and the purpose of education in a democratic society? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Maker Movement: Tinkering With the Idea That College Is for Everyone

Mike Rose / Truthdig May 16, 2014 Increasing numbers of Americans have been seeking the satisfaction that comes with a trade. But vocational education needs some rethinking. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

MOOCs and Other Wonders: Education and High-Tech Utopia

Mike Rose / Truthdig Mar 6, 2014 Deep within our cultural history is a faith in the power of technology to cure social problems. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

What Is the Goal of School Reform?

By Michael B. Katz and Mike Rose Sep 5, 2013 As we consider what reform initiatives might achieve, we should also ask the old, defining question: What is the purpose of education in a democracy? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Education

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Mike Rose / Truthdig Mar 19, 2010 Mike Rose notes that no one in power is asking fundamental questions about the purpose of education and whether much-hyped reforms might do more harm than good.No one in power is asking fundamental questions about the purpose of education and whether much-hyped reforms might do more harm than good. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Race to the Top of What? Education Is About More Than Jobs

Mike Rose / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 We need to reclaim a broader vision, for we have terribly narrowed our thinking about school. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

21st Century Skills: Education’s New Cliché

Mike Rose / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 What’s new about them? They sound like the skills one would have gotten from a good 20th century education -- or from a lot further back than that.They sound like the skills one would have gotten from a good 20th century education -- or from a lot further back than that. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Blinded by Reform

Mike Rose / Truthdig Oct 22, 2009 The Obama administration has committed serious money to education reform, but many of the Department of Education's big ideas are flawed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Business Goes to School

Mike Rose / Truthdig Sep 15, 2009 Business leaders are eager to meddle in education but rarely take responsibility for the root of education's problem -- economic despair and mind-numbing mass media. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Education ‘Miracles’ Don’t Survive Scrutiny

Mike Rose / Truthdig Aug 13, 2009 What miracle talk and magic-bullet solutions share is the reduction of complexity, of the many levels of hard, creative work necessary to make schooling successful in the United States.Miracle talk ignores the many levels of hard, creative work necessary to make schooling successful in the United States. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )