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The New York Times “Education Life” supplement asks that question of America’s colleges and charter schools. But why not ask it of education policy think tanks? No doubt, Fordham would win that contest by a mile.

“A group of Toronto researchers have compiled a body of evidence showing that bookworms have exceptionally strong people skills.“

In response to Mike’s question: “Yes.”

Baffled by America’s arcane process for electing a president, the Edmonton Sun’s Edward Greenspan has this to say:

One super delegate is Inez Tenenbaum, South Carolina’s former education superintendent. That makes her the most super super delegate of all.

Ha! Good one, Edward! Jeff, is this sort of thing that made you want to leave Canada?

“The Less the Education, the Higher the Risk of Dying Early”

Liam, maybe universal college education has its plusses, no?

“Revenge killing negatively impacts education system“

You might not agree with this column’s political bent, but Stanley Crouch is right to blast away at anti-intellectualism in American life:

We should be ever suspicious of anyone or any group that scorns education, that pretends to believe that only the simple and the uncomplicated can express the national ethos.

In other words, being well-educated isn’t a crime, even if you’re running for president.

How about Halo 3 in the classroom?

Code Pink, the anti-war group, is holding a rally protesting Berkeley’s Marine Corps Recruiting Center. According to news reports, the organizers have urged the protestors to use witchcraft to end the Iraq war, telling them to come equipped with spells and pointy hats in order to cast spells for “peace.”

Now that’s original. Perhaps we at Fordham should take a page from Code Pink’s playbook and come to work dressed as witches. We can all beef up on witchcraft, and start casting spells for universal proficiency in K-12 reading and math. We should even ask President Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to help us mix our secret brew. But that would only confirm for the Bush-haters that the administration is possessed by evil, demonic spirits.

It’s one thing if you unwittingly do this, but you can’t do this and keep teaching. (Or can you?)

The Washington Post reports that the Institute of Architects has recognized a new building on the campus of the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., “as one of the ‘top ten green projects’ of 2007″:

The building uses 93 percent less water than it would if simply hooked up to the city’s water and sewer system; energy efficiency and passive solar design cut energy use by 60 percent; and 78 percent of materials used were manufactured “regionally” (within 500 miles of the site) to cut the environmentally degrading effects of long transit.

It’s great to see environmental awareness spreading to all sectors of our society, including think tanks.

This is a travesty. Thank heavens we disaggregate these data.

This Wired Magazine article sheds some light, however obliquely, on why it’s so difficult to replicate successful school models in different places.