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1. March 8, 2011 04:45 PM

   City Pages Goes Behind the Scenes of Standardized Testing

   Essay-scoring process found to be arbitrary and corruptible

   By Lauren Kirchner

   The cover story for CJR’s March/April issue—“Tested,” by LynNell Hancock—explores the nationwide effort to “reform” education, and what happens when reporters get their hands on data about local schools and teachers that can be both controversial and difficult to contextualize. If you like that story, you might be interested in another excellent cover story, an article by Jessica Lussenhop in...

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2. October 7, 2011 02:47 PM

   A Weak Case for the Middle Class Embracing Globalization

   By Ryan Chittum

   Reuters’s David Rohde writes about Bowling Green, Kentucky, and how it’s doing well by embracing globalization. But it’s a pretty weak argument. First, the dumb-question-as-headline thing, which is a pet peeve: Can Confucius save America’s middle class? No, Confucius can't save America’s middle class. Nor can the Confucius Institute, which has started up a program at Western Kentucky University. And...

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3. April 19, 2011 09:30 AM

   CU-Boulder to Shutter J-School

   Journalism education remains a priority, administrators claim

   By Curtis Brainard

   The University of Colorado’s Board of Regents voted last week to close the journalism school at its Boulder campus, marking the first time that the university has shuttered an entire college. While the decision has come as a disappointment to many at the school and elsewhere, the outcome is not as bad as some feared it would be. Contrary to...

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4. March 22, 2011 10:55 AM

   LynNell Hancock on the Problem with Teacher Scores: A CJR Podcast

   By The Editors

   In the cover story of CJR’s March/April issue, “Tested: Covering schools in the age of micro-measurement,” LynNell Hancock writes, “The best education reporters are skilled at the invaluable art of connecting the dots for readers between policy from on high and reality in the classroom.” But what does it mean when those “dots” are drawn from dubious sources, and publicly...

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5. June 8, 2012 03:00 PM

   NSF invests in literary science journalism

   Creative nonfiction program seeks emerging writers

   By Curtis Brainard

   The National Science Foundation (NSF) doubled down on literary science journalism this year. Actually, it quintupled down. In 2010, NSF gave $50,000 to faculty members at Arizona State University to lead a course on covering science and innovation policy with “creative nonfiction” for 12 writers/communicators and 12 scholars/researchers. This year, the foundation gave the project $250,000 for an expanded program...

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6. August 24, 2011 12:25 PM

   Steve Brill’s Blinkered View of Education

   By Felix Salmon

   If you don’t have the time or inclination to read Steve Brill’s book on education reform, then his bombastic op-ed on the subject is a pretty good alternative. And similarly, if you didn’t read Diane Ravitch’s 4,400-word review of “Waiting for Superman” in the NYRB, then her 1,000-word response to Brill captures the heart of her argument. Reading them side...

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