The end of MCAS is the end of an era. Now let’s figure out what comes next.
With the number of states requiring students to pass exams in order to earn a diploma now down to the single digits, this feels like the end of an era. What should we do now? Let’s start by getting the gang back together—a bipartisan group of governors and state education chiefs—to work on a rational set of high school graduation requirements reflecting the multiple pathways to upward mobility and post-secondary success.
Michael J. Petrilli 12.5.2024
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Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.9.2003
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Kaplan to launch online ed school
4.9.2003
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Colorado to enact statewide voucher plan
Kathleen Porter-Magee 4.9.2003
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Progress on School Choice in the States
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.9.2003
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Consolidation is a Bad Idea
John T. Wenders 4.9.2003
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The next frontier in reading instruction
4.9.2003
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NYC adds phonics, exempts more schools from systemwide curriculum
4.9.2003
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English-only Pupils Learn More English
4.9.2003
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Charter Schools and Inequality: National Disparities in Funding, Teacher Quality, and Student Support
Kathleen Porter-Magee 4.9.2003
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Support for Home-Based Education: Pioneering Partnerships between Public Schools and Families Who Instruct Their Children at Home
Kathleen Porter-Magee 4.9.2003
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Core Knowledge publishes summary of effectiveness evidence
4.9.2003
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