Now that Paul Thomas , Anthony Cody , Diane Ravitch , and others have reframed my thinking about school reform , it is time to begin pra...

Guest blogging this week is my nephew, Thomas Strieker , who shares a memorable 2005 meeting with Paul Ryan. Thousands have view...

As noted in an earlier blog , one of my summer reads was P.L. Thomas’ book,  Ignoring Poverty in the U.S. .  It is one of the most impor...

Like Mitt Romney’s running mate, Representative Paul Ryan, I am in my early 40’s and live in Janesville, Wisconsin with my wife and three ...

Gen. George C. Marshall once said, "There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit....

Paid for by billionaires and millionaires My perceptive and compassionate preteen daughter asked me in the wake of the failed recall ...

Diane Ravitch, Education Historian Our nation’s premier education historian,  Diane Ravitch , graciously agreed to the posting of her la...