
Make room, test scores: Introducing “indicators of high school and middle school readiness”
Our latest study pilots a new measure of a school’s quality: its contribution to students’ grade point averages at their next school. It sends a clear message to educators that one of their core missions is to help their graduates succeed in their next step—not just in reading and math, but in all subjects—and not just on tests, but on the stuff that tests struggle to capture.
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.20.2025
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Slouching toward aristocracy
Robert Pondiscio 4.3.2019
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Five lessons from my time on the Maryland State Board of Education, part II
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.3.2019
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The prevalence and effects of math anxiety
Jeff Murray 4.3.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: CTE and local labor markets
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Cameron Sublett 4.3.2019
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Acclaimed Princeton professor to America’s high schools: Please send us students who can think for themselves
The Education Gadfly 4.2.2019
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Re-weaving the fabric of character
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.2.2019
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Dems add ed to Green New Deal: Rich kids’ schools to close until achievement gap eliminated
By Karla Trotsky 4.1.2019
NationalBlog

Emily Hanford's latest edu-doc takes on K–12 chemistry
By Learner Herzog 4.1.2019
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Exclusive interview with President Trump's fourth-grade teacher, Kimberley June
By Steff Bebramson 4.1.2019
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What will Marie Kondo's appointment at ED mean for federal education policy?
By Joy Spruce 4.1.2019
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Bang for the briber's bucks
By Griff Terman 4.1.2019
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Kooky concessions dominate leaked teachers union memo
By Sbacs Elovi 4.1.2019
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