Eduwonk

Eduwonk is a blog written by Andrew J. Rotherham , Co-founder and Partner at Bellwether Education Partners. Occasional guest bloggers will also contribute, and the author(s) of these posts will be clearly identified. The blog focuses mostly on education policy and politics. Obviously, thats a field I work in as well as write about so a couple of th... ings for readers to bear in mind. First, the views expressed here should be considered to be those of the writer(s) rather than organizational viewpoints of Bellwether or any organizations or individuals Bellwether works with or that I work with. Likewise, outgoing links do not constitute any type of endorsement of other websites or organizations. In addition, readers can expect the highest commitment to transparency and disclosure on the blog. I will never write about something I have a formal stake in without disclosing that and will never mislead readers by withholding information substantially germane to something Im writing about. On the other hand my work in the education field is complicated and varied. Heres how I balance it with respect to the blog and other writing I do: To keep confidences with entities that Bellwether works with, that Im affiliated with in some capacity, or just around various work I am involved with professionally there are subjects that I elect not to write about and plenty of things Im aware of that you wont see discussed on the blog. However, although some tin foil hat types try, thinking you can divine anything from what I dont write about is a waste of your time. Sometimes Im just too busy and sometimes Im just not interested in something or have nothing to add to the conversation. You can also expect that any correspondence, written or oral, with me will remain private. I never publish anything on the blog without your permission to do so. For more about all this than you probably care to know, this post has more discussion. To the apparent delight of Russian spammers I added a comment feature to Eduwonk in October 2007 and ...Read More