...and the dowry will be bazillions [they hope] of dollars of Federal money. The University of Delaware thinks Vision 2015 is tremendous. Not surprising: universities generally think whatever will bring them in millions of dollars of Federal grant money is a good thing. Nor is it surprising to find the News Journal continually pimping for Vision 2015 : For nearly four years a coalition representing a wide range of public sector and private sector interests, including unions and business leaders, teachers and administrators, has worked to develop a plan to transform our schools. It's a plan informed by data collected from around the country and around the world and it is a call for rigor and intellectual honesty and excellence. Called Vision 2015, it is the foundation upon which we can build a world class school system. That, at least, was clearly labeled as an editorial by John Taylor--former editorial page editor and now--wait for it-- executive director of the Delaware Public Po...

. . . that everyone--charter proponents, skeptics, and opponents--should be considering. Does flight into charter schools materially harm the graduation rates of our high schools? Important reading. [He also notes that, when too many students are failing to graduate, raising the standards just might not be the strategy of choice to deal with the issue.]