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The Quiet Success We Ignore: A Critique of No Adult Left Behind and many other education books
When reading No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids , I was struck not by what the book got wrong, but by what it left unsaid. Like many contemporary education books, it builds a compelling case about how adult incentives distort public schooling—but in doing so, it largely misses a quieter, more hopeful story: the thousands of places where education policy is actually working . While both the education establishment and its fiercest critic
Eric Mason
Oct 18, 20254 min read


Reimagining State Assessment: Inspiration from The Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning
I need to confess that I have not completed my reading of the The Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning . However, after 10...
Eric Mason
Oct 9, 20258 min read


Open Enrollment in Colorado: Market Benefits, Market Challenges
Open enrollment has become one of the most consequential features of Colorado’s education system, and its impact is growing more urgent by the year. As districts face post-pandemic enrollment declines, rising pressure to consolidate schools, and debates over how best to serve families across lines of income and geography, open enrollment sits at the center of Colorado’s policy crossroads. It promises families access to better-fit schools and creates market incentives for dist
Eric Mason
Sep 30, 202512 min read


Getting Future Teachers in Front of Students
Introduction: Time, Experience, and My Own Path into Teaching Time is the most precious, non-renewable resource in education. How we use...
Eric Mason
Sep 26, 202510 min read
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