Brendan Nyhan

Post-Super Bowl education policy

How football-crazy is Pittsburgh? I mocked Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl for holding a news conference to pretend to change his name to “Luke Steelerstahl” before the AFC championship game between the Ravens and the Steelers, but that’s nothing compared to the fact that the local schools opened two hours late yesterday to try to reduce expected high rates of absenteeism among students and employees. Who needs snow days anyway?