It’s the end of another great year in education-reform punditry. What was on the mind of Fordham experts and guest bloggers this year? Common Core for sure, from teaching literacy to the coming assessments; but also the fate of unions, no-excuses charters, career and technical education, differentiated instruction, and more.
Presenting your favorite (Fordham) things (in 2014), according to your clicks:
Flypaper (and Ohio Gadfly Daily)
10. Vergara, Harris, and the fate of the teachers unions
By Andy Smarick
9. Boston’s high-quality charters make no excuses
By Michael Goldstein
8. Turning the tables on the vocational ed debate
By Emily Hanford
7. A few reflections on the Common Core Wars
By Michael Petrilli
6. Education reform in 2014
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
5. The opt-out outrage
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
4. It pays to increase your word power
By Robert Pondiscio
3. Is differentiated instruction a hollow promise?
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
2. Lies, damned lies, and the Common Core
By Michael Petrilli
1. Teachers, the Common Core, and the freedom to teach
by Jessica Poiner
Common Core Watch
10. New York’s Common Core tests: Tough questions, curious choices
By Robert Pondiscio
9. What’s behind the declining support for the Common Core?
By Michael Petrilli
8. Smarter Balanced assessments: A big moment for our schools
By Joe Wilhoft
7. The reading paradox: How standards mislead teachers
by Kathleen Porter-Magee
6. Where Common Core is not controversial
By Robert Pondiscio
5. A missed opportunity for Common Core
By Robert Pondiscio
4. How to kill reading achievement
By Robert Pondiscio
3. Common Core confusion: It’s a math, math world
By Kathleen Porter-Magee
2. Leveled reading: The making of a literacy myth
By Robert Pondiscio and Kevin Mahnken
1. Responding to critics of Common Core math in the elementary grades
By Robert Pondiscio and Kevin Mahnken
