Naomi’s Education Reading List
Below are articles I have come across over the last year that make important contributions to our national dialogue about education, and/or are valuable resources for parents choosing schools for their students.
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
By Adam Grant and Valerie Sweet
December 2019
What to know before using school ratings tools from real estate companies
By Valerie Strauss
Washington Post
June 2017
A New Study Reveals Much About How Parents Really Choose Schools
By Anya Kamenetz
NPR
January 15, 2015
The Complex HIstory of School Choice: There’s no single reason people want more choice in education.
US News and World Report
July 25, 2017
Why Parents Make Flawed Choices About Their Kids' Schooling
White families with children drawn to less diverse neighborhoods, schools
University of Southern California
March 23, 2017,
By Jessica Stillman
Inc.
January 2018
By Dianna Douglas
The Atlantic
12/14/2017
How Effective Is Your School District? A New Measure Shows Where Students Learn the Most
By EMILY BADGER and KEVIN QUEALY DEC. 5, 2017
Why Parents Make Flawed Choices About Their Kids' Schooling?
By Gail Cornwall
October 18, 2017
The Atlantic
October 2017
The Atlantic
Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change
By Alex Hill, Liz Mellon, Ben Laker, Jules Goddard
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
By Nikole Hannah-Jones
Sept. 6, 2017
New York Times
By Mark Binelli
SEPT. 5, 2017
New York Times
The biggest difference between private, charter and public schools isn’t test scores. It’s marketing: All the braggadocio about the so-called success of private and charter schools is just “concentrated privilege”
AUGUST 26, 2017
The Atlantic
By Jack Schneider
August 25, 2017
The Atlantic
JUL 17, 2017
The Atlantic
By Nikole Hannah Jones
New York TImes
June 9, 2016
GreatSchools.org
March 4, 2016
The Evidence That White Children Benefit From Integrated Schools
By Anya Kamenetz
October 19, 2015
NPR