Back again

It's been a while since I last published on this blog. I think it's time to start again, but this time the posts will not be limited to education or Milwaukee public schools. Here are some topics I hope to hit:

• In education, questions of research, charter schools and choice schools, the effect of schools on economic prosperity, and innovation in education.
• Poverty, both on its own and in connection with education.
• The use of data in public controversies (here is on puzzlement: why don't Democrats talk about the fact that the stock market has done much better under Democratic presidents than Republicans?)
• The recent ferment in Wisconsin.
• The national argument.
• Bicycling and trains: why the hostility in Wisconsin?

But maybe I'll start by talking about political philosophy.