Jim Epstein on Sexism, Racism, Violent Threats and Other Tales from the Education Policy Wars

Welcome to the bloodstained sandbox of education
policy, writes Jim Epstein, where distinguished professors wield
spiked bats, union thugs hurl violent threats, and how you look and
who you’re friends with matters more than what you say. Attacking
ideas without mercy is a noble sport, but the ed world is all about
character assassination. The tragedy is that worthwhile arguments
on both sides of the debate get lost in the mayhem.

View this article.