Want the Feds To Run Local Public Schools?  Make ‘Em Get A Permission Slip from Parents

As the dean of a prominent graduate school of education noted in an article published several years ago:  "Schools are not the major cause of the achievement gap." He also noted how ineffective most education reforms have been and how little improvement we have seen. It is understandable that as the head of an education school, he didn't want to see reform efforts transferred to other institutions. He still thought it was worthwhile to try to reform schools. (Schools are apparently a cause but

As the dean of a prominent graduate school of education noted in an article published several years ago:  "Schools are not the major cause of the achievement gap." He also noted how ineffective most education reforms have been and how little improvement we have seen. It is understandable that as the head of an education school, he didn't want to see reform efforts transferred to other institutions. He still thought it was worthwhile to try to reform schools. (Schools are apparently a cause but…