How About Some Analysis With That News?

Looking over today's news about the skills report, Eduwonk Andy makes some good points about the NYT's straight-arrow coverage: "How about some, you know, analysis on why the unions don't like [the report] (it proposes to reallocate teacher compensation*), what its prospects are (it could change nothing), what happened with the last report from the same gang, or whether it's significant that this blue-ribbon panel essential embraced the contracting model for delivering public education?"