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Online presence a must in top education scholars list
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Online presence a must in top education scholars list
Online presence a must in top education scholars list
A Washington D.C.-based think tank Wednesday released its list of the nation’s most influential education scholars.
The rankings consider a blogosphere presence a must.
In baseball a player who can run, field, throw, hit and hit with power is valuable indeed. The American Enterprise Institute’s rankings of education scholars measure mentions in newspapers, blogs and publications. Scholars also receive a Google score for articles, books and papers cited online, and an Amazon ranking.
Number one on the list of influential education scholars is Stanford’s Linda Darling-Hammond; number two is New York University’s Diane Ravitch, whose book, “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” is a favorite among public school teachers.
Southern California scholars show up at number 11, 58 and 61. The American Enterprise Institute says the ranking is meant to push universities to encourage scholars to get their ideas and research to a lay audience and policymakers.
A lot of this research, the conservative think tank says, is falling on deaf ears these days as presidential candidates focus on the economy in their political platforms.
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