The Daily Report Card: Bennett’s Campaign Contributions, iPods & NCLB, Frightening College Cost Graphs

Imperial Philanthropy: Using Education Reform to Buy the Earth and Sky – B-Town Errant Doug Martin and Douglas Storm comment on the major contributions for State Superintendent Tony Bennett, who appears bound for a hard-fought re-election campaign in 2012 (via IBJ). (btownerrant.com)

What the iPod can teach us about the failure of NCLB – Fordham Institute Both turned 10 this year. One evolved, one didn’t, Fordham’s Kathleen Porter-Magee writes. (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)

Diluting education with for-profits and saddling millions with debt – My Budget 360 You want frightening graphs? I got your frightening graphs. (mybudget360.com)

Teaching: My “Can Do” Profession – Byron’s Babbles A former Indiana Teacher of the Year on his support of teacher merit pay. (byronernest.wordpress.com)

New Report: Does Money Matter? – Shanker Blog By money, Matthew Di Carlo means state education funding. And the answer, in short, is “no.” (shankerblog.org)