Education policy maven Rick Hess of the think tank (AEI), author of books like The Same Thing Over and Over, Letters to a Young Education Reformer, and A Search for Common Ground, offers straight talk on matters of policy, politics, research, and reform. Rick鈥檚 takes are his alone and do not represent AEI or 91直播. Follow Rick on Twitter at . Visit his blog, Rick Hess Straight Up.
