How journalism could clarify stories about teacher hiring problems

In an article on The 74, Matt Barnum writes that the general public largely believes that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) didn't work, but that this is wrong.

For the first four months of 2011, we tallied the average monthly page visits to each of the Ed Week subject matter blogs. Here are the results.

Holly Yettick’s paper, The Research that Reaches the Public: Who Produces the Educational Research Mentioned in the News Media?, is an interesting look at the sources of mentions on educational issues in Education Week, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

What seems central to Winerip’s reportorial DNA is a sympathy for the little guy, whether the disabled kid or the handicapped school. Though I can’t claim to have studied his writings thoroughly (nor have I communicated with him), if Winerip does have political or ideological views about the education system, it would appear that he sees the thing through the prism of leaving no child or school behind – that is, before allowing any child or school to get ahead, we must pick up those behind. The market place, which allows success and failure, is a threat; the social safety net is wide and deep.

A Brookings panel discussion Wednesday afternoon should be interesting.

I could not disagree more with the notion that it’s unfair to blame education reporters for lack of depth in covering labor issues.