Comments on: NY Times Enrollment Story Only Half the Picture http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2012/07/24/ny-times-enrollment-story-only-half-the-picture/ A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mick Raike http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2012/07/24/ny-times-enrollment-story-only-half-the-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-9313 Mick Raike Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:29:07 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=5204#comment-9313 As a doctoral student, one of the mysteries of research that I have noticed is that one can use one piece of research or data to prove or disprove a myriad of different ideas or opinions. For instance: “One can argue that 75% of educators believe that 3 out of 4 teachers can use a particualar educational innovation that enables 50% of their students to test higher than half of their peers.” AMAZING!

I am sure that this NY Times reporter was given a rough outline of what the editors wanted for her next article and she merely found a few peices of data to give it legs while the folks in the editoral department came up with a sensational headline to lure in the readers. It happens everyday in every publication or news broadcast around the world. As a consumer of research, we all must dig deeper into what “they” (whoever “they” are) say and review the facts for ourselves. The Truth Is Out There!

Mick
Local 211, UAW

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