Like George Will, I am a life-long baseball fanatic who was rooting for “Moneyball” to win the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards Sunday evening. Yes, I admit that I love to study the box scores each morning during baseball season and fantasize each evening about who will win the World Series. But my infatuation with “Moneyball” is not just about baseball. I was mesmerized by this true story about how the use of data and statistical analysis has revolutionized an industry. Indeed it serves as a great analogue for another sector caught up in a reform-yearning arena: education.

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