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The End of Neighborhood Schools
Here’s one of my recent pieces for NPR.org: a report from New Orleans, where over nine out of ten children attend charter schools.
View ArticleWhen Teachers, Not Students, Do The Cheating
I appeared on All Things Considered last week talking about the Atlanta cheating trial, in an interview that drew on my research for The Test. Listen and read here. The defendants are 12 former...
View ArticleTentative Tour Dates Announced!
The Test is coming on tour in January. Look for me at the following events. If you’d like to have me in your town, please let me know! · New America Foundation, New York NY evening, date tk ·...
View ArticleHow Much Testing Is Too Much?
Over at my NPR Ed blog, we published a piece recently with a great interactive showing how standardized tests are taking over in schools.
View ArticleUpdated Tour Dates!
Excited to hear more about The Test? I’m coming on tour starting in January. Look for me at the following events! If you’d like to have me in your town, please let me know or email djones at...
View ArticlePublication Day; Excerpt in Salon.com!
Happy Publication Day! An excerpt from The Test ran in Salon.com over the weekend. I’m really happy with the responses so far! If you can’t manage what you don’t measure, as the business maxim goes,...
View ArticleThe reviews are in…
USA Today: Public schools have been testing students for more than a century, but education journalist Anya Kamenetz says the level of testing we’re doing now is “unprecedented.” There’s been a lot of...
View ArticleNew Tour Dates: Chicago, Texas, Bay Area, More!
3/2 New Haven Yale Master’s Tea 3/3 Wilmet, Evanston IL, Family Action Network 3/4 New School, NYC 3/10, SXSW Edu in Austin 3/14/15 ACENET in DC 3/22 Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA 3/26 Institute for...
View ArticlePress for the Art of Screen Time
A sampling of interviews, excerpts and reviews of The Art of Screen Time Excerpts/adapted pieces: New York Magazine Once I started talking to experts, I quickly discovered it’s not just parents who are...
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