Articles, Interviews and Commentary
Learning Matters President, John Merrow, frequently writes for national publications.
For press inquiries, contact Amanda Morales, amorales@merrow.org or call 212.725.7000.
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2008
Reclaiming America, One 1st Grader at a Time
By John Merrow
Education Week
December 3, 2008
The Influence of Teachers: On Rewriting, Character Education, and the Future of America
By John Merrow
Independent School Magazine
January 2008
2007
Learning Without Loopholes
With NCLB reauthorization on hold, we should move toward common standards—and fewer excuses.
By John Merrow
Education Week
December 5, 2007
New American revolution fought over national education standards
By John Merrow
San Jose Mercury News
October 17, 2007
Up Against the Wall (.pdf)
by John Merrow
from Education Week
June 13, 2007
Dream Catchers
by John Merrow
from The New York Times, Education Supplement
April 22, 2007
Nurse for America?
by John Merrow
from The Washington Post
April 21, 2007
Our Children and Schools Deserve First-Rate Evaluations (.pdf)
by John Merrow
from San Jose Mercury News
March 12, 2007
A 'Surge' Strategy for No Child Left Behind? (.pdf)
by John Merrow
from Education Week
February 14, 2007
How Well Has NCLB Worked? How Do We Get the Revisions We Want? (.pdf)
by Anne C. Lewis
from Phi Delta Kappan
January 2007
2006
Failing the Test
by John Merrow
from Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
Nov/Dec 2006
Learning Matters Receives $2,283,000 3-Year Grant from The Annenberg Foundation (.pdf)
Press Release
October 04, 2006
W.K.
Kellogg Foundation Awards 3-Year Grant to Learning Matters Totaling
$397,000 (.pdf)
Press Release (.pdf)
October 04, 2006
Learning Matters Awarded $100,000 by Carnegie Corporation of New York (.pdf)
Press Release
October 04, 2006
Learning Matters, On Behalf of Listen Up! Project, Receives Adobe Youth Voices Grant of $800,500 (.pdf)
Press Release
October 04, 2006
My
College Education
by John Merrow
from Change, The Magazine of Higher
Learning
May/June 2006
2005
Where
are the voices of college presidents?
by John Merrow
from The Christian Science Monitor
December 21, 2005
Educating
California: A school struggles against
the odds in Los Angeles
by John Merrow
from Sacramento Bee
March 7, 2005
Unlearning
Bad Science
by
John Merrow
from Education Week
February 23, 2005
2004
Safety
and Excellence
by John Merrow
from Educational Horizons
Volume 83 Number 1, Fall 2004
Can
D.C.'s Search Make the Grade?
by John Merrow
from
The Washington Post
Sunday,
August 8, 2004; Page B01
Grading
Expectations
by John Merrow
from Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
March/April, 2004
Get Rid of Retention And Social Promotion
by John Merrow
from Education Week
March 31, 2004
California schools: Decades
of decline: 'First to worst' for California schools
by W. Norton Grubb
from Sacramento Bee
March 14, 2004
Meeting
Superman
by John Merrow
from Phi Delta Kappan,
February, 2004
Journalist
Examines Decline of Schools
by
Nicole C. Wong
from The Mercury News,
February 8, 2004
What Shape Are Our Schools
In? 'First to Worst' a call
to fund quality education
by Marshall Smith
from The San Francisco Chronicle,
February 4, 2004
Educational Foresight
by
John Merrow
from The Mercury News,
February 4, 2004
No More Tinkering: Remake the
Schools
by
John Merrow
from Los Angeles Times,
February 4, 2004
Oops! One More Time
from The New York Times,
Jnuary 18, 2004
2003
A
Modest Proposal For New School Leadership
by John Merrow
from Education Week,
November 12, 2003
Avoid
Laws that Limit Class Size
by John Merrow
from USA Today,
October 9, 2003
Eliminate
Tests' Double Standards
by John Merrow
from USA Today,
August 14, 2003
Edison Stays Afloat by Altering
Course
by Diana B. Henriques
from The New York Times,
July 3, 2003
Schools Go AYP Over Test
by
John Merrow
from Los Angeles Times,
May 8, 2003
Easy Grading Makes
'Deep Learning'
More Important
by John Merrow
from USA Today,
February 4, 2003
Speaking in Tongues
by John Merrow
from The New York Times,
January 12, 2003
2002
How
Do You Pick a School for Your Children?
by Joe Nathan
from Pioneer Press,
September 27, 2002
The 'Failure' of Head Start
by John Merrow
from Education Week,
September 25, 2002
Remodel Public Schools into Knowledge Factories
by John Merrow
from USAToday,
September 24, 2002
European Preschools Should Embarrass USA
by John Merrow
from
USA Today ,
July 17, 2002
Try Something Different for Weak Students
by John Merrow
from USA Today,
April 15, 2002
Parents
Can Pick Excellent Schools
from Contra Costa Times,
March 11, 2002
No Child Left Behind
by John Merrow
from NPR's Morning Edition with Bob Edwards on February
25, 2002
How
Safe Is Your Child's School?
by John Merrow
from Indiana Alumni Magazine,
January/February, 2002
2001
How Many Tries at a School Test Are Enough?
by John Merrow
from USA Today ,
December 13, 2001
Double Click: Threat or
Promise?
(Excerpt from Choosing Excellence)
Technology in Education
by John Merrow
from Ed., The Magazine of the Harvard Graduate
School of Education,
Spring 2001
High-Stakes Testing: Is it fair to students?
by
Ted Villaire
from
Our Children, The National PTA Magazine, April/May
2001
PBS
Crew Invades Henrico Schools
Program
to focus on district's SOLs by Paige Akin, Times-Dispatch Staff
Writer
from Richmond Times-Dispatch,
March 15, 2001
A
Problem Not of Supply, But of Quality
by John Merrow
from On Campus,
December 2000/January 2001
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