The Baltimore-based investment firm's k-12 specialists have an unusual perspective on Senator Kennedy’s report on the connections between consultants like Edward Kame' ennui and the major publishing firms – one that doesn’t serve the investment community’s need for information and analysis all that well.   more »

Two items in Time magazine’s otherwise bland summary of the issues around NCLB reauthorization deserve a closer look. What is meant by “perverse” and what consequences were "unintended"?   more »