Guest-blogger for Rick Hess’ Education Week blog:

Poverty, Ed Reform, and the Most Important Foundation You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (December 5, 2014)

On Poverty, Ed Reform, and the Most Important Foundation You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Note: Jonathan Plucker, the Raymond Neag Professor of Education at the University of Connecticut, is guest posting this week. He can be found on Twitter at @JonathanPlucker.

I’d like to thank Rick Hess for allowing me to guest blog this week. It has been a lot of fun to share some provocative ideas and see the reactions. Walking in Rick’s shoes, even for just a week, is a responsibility I take seriously, and I appreciate his willingness to let me do this every so often. I also want to thank Jenn Hatfield for her help in getting everything together.

Of all the controversial topics I’ve blogged about over the past few years, the only one that has gotten me in real trouble was this post on poverty.

Click the link below to read more.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2014/12/poverty_ed_reform_and_foundation_youve_never_heard_of.html

The Extracurricular Hamster Wheel: Lessons for Promoting High Performance (December 4, 2014), http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2014/12/the_extracurricular_hamster_wheel.html

The Good, the Not Bad, and the Ugly of Title IX (December 3, 2014), http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2014/12/good_not_bad_and_ugly_of_title_ix.html

Should Local Districts Participate in International Assessments? With David and Leslie Rutkowski (December 2, 2014), http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2014/12/should_local_districts_participate_in_international_assessments.html

We’re Getting STEAMrolled: Stop Creating Favored Classes of Content (December 1, 2014), http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2014/12/were_getting_steamrolled_stop_favored_content.html

The Angry Moderate Reformer, Part V: Time to “Re-question” Special Education (August 16, 2013), http://tinyurl.com/SPEDrequestion

The Angry Moderate Reformer, Part IV: Poverty Reduction as Education Reform (August 15, 2013), http://tinyurl.com/lm65kjb

The Angry Moderate Reformer, Part III: It’s as American as Academic Freedom, Political Intimidation, and Apple Pie (August 14, 2013), http://tinyurl.com/MDcontroversy

The Angry Moderate Reformer, Part II: Market-Based Teacher Preparation (August 13, 2013), http://tinyurl.com/teachermarkets

The Angry Moderate Reformer, Part I: The Rise and Fall of Tony Bennett, and The One Lesson We’ll Almost Certainly Ignore (August 12, 2013), http://tinyurl.com/TBcontrovery

Urban Education: Lots of Problems, Not a Lot of Solutions (April 6, 2012), http://tinyurl.com/aysm5tk

This Time Everything is Different. No, Really, This Time We Have Data (April 5, 2012), http://tinyurl.com/9q772cq

Why is the U.S. Prioritizing Minimum Competency? (April 4, 2012), http://tinyurl.com/b2sfwha

Don’t Throw NCLB Waivers Out With the Bathwater (April 3, 2012), http://tinyurl.com/bgukn69

“Look Out, the Russians Japanese Irish British Indians and Chinese are coming!” (April 2, 2012), http://tinyurl.com/ahnv64o