Ed. Magazine Your Turn! Posted May 29, 2013 By News editor "What we need, I think, is more cynicism and distance."— Frederick "Rick" Hess, Ed.M.'90, talking during an EdCast about how so many people involved in education policy and reform are uniformly passionate and committed, which can be good, but it can also be problematic: You've got all of these people, he says, "screaming that they know what's going to work for kids." Instead, we need more people operating as the "ball bearing" in the middle of the debates, he says. Hess, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a blogger, and a prolific author, was at the Ed School in January to take part in an Askwith Forum looking at the futures of education reform.What do you think of Hess' comment? Ed. Magazine The magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles Usable Knowledge What Big Data Means The rise of data science could dramatically expand what we know about learning, teaching, and schooling, a new report finds. Askwith Education Forum Where Are All the Teachers of Color? While a majority of kids in American public schools today are students of color, more than 80 percent of teachers are white. On Nov. 2, a panel explores how and why this imbalance persists and identifies policy levers to to help correct it. Ed. Magazine Will Obama's Choice Change Education in America?