Grass is Greener?
This week’s Newsweek cover story looks at apparently-conflicting research findings on the health impacts of different dietary choices and how confusing they can be for the public. For example, after...
View ArticleMaking Nice with Newsweek
Over the past year or so, you could sort of say that a significant share of my work has focused on criticizing Newsweek: Andy and I wrote a paper questioning their ranking of “America’s Top High...
View ArticleBaby Achievement
Newsweek reports on a Journal of Pediatrics study that says babies shouldn’t watch too much TV. Apparently, television doesn’t improve babies’ vocabulary but talking to them does. Was anyone under the...
View ArticleHot Boys
Education Sector non-resident senior fellow Peg Tyre, a former education correspondent at Newsweek, is streaking towards the best-seller lists with her just-published book, The Trouble with Boys, a...
View ArticleWhy There’s No Such Thing as a Three-Year Free Lunch
The latest Newsweek cover story is titled, “The Three Year Solution: How the Reinvention of Higher Education Benefits Parents, Students, and Schools,” by Senator (and former University of Tennessee...
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Quick Hits (6.20.2011)
Steven Case's view of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology Graduates (Credit: Steve Case) Not unusual for someone to live Tweet during a graduation ceremony. Even less surprising...
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