First bell: 9-13-12
A first look at today's education news: A labor deal in Boston and progress in Chicago?
A first look at today's education news: A labor deal in Boston and progress in Chicago?
A first look at today's education news: Arne Duncan on the Chicago strike, a new evaluation system in L.A., and more
Do relations between teachers and administrators need to cool off and cooperate, or can needed change only come through confrontation?
A first look at today's education news: implications of the Chicago strike, a new OECD report, and more
Why picket lines in the Windy City may impact the presidential race
A first look at education news from the weekend and this morning: Chicago teachers strike, a charter moratorium in L.A., & more
A first look at today's education news: President Obama at the DNC, Texas asks for an NCLB waiver, and more
Our absurdist approach to special education
Fordham's latest report offers insights in to how to boost the quality and efficiency of special education
We need accountability systems that create urgency and push for significant gains every year. Ideological arguments and utopian objectives don’t help.
A first look at education news from the long weekend and this morning
A first look at this morning's education news: Jeb talked ed reform, the GOP is divided on Common Core, and more
The plight of low-performing students dominates our education news and policies. Yet America’s high flyers demand innovative, rigorous schooling as well, particularly if the country is to sharpen its economic and scientific edge. Motivated, high-ability youngsters can be served in myriad ways by public education, including schools that specialize in them. In a new book from Princeton University Press, Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, co-authors Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett identify 165 such high schools across America. In this Fordham LIVE! conversation, they and others will examine some of the issues that selective-admission public high schools pose. Who attends them? How are their students selected? Are such schools the future of gifted education or do they unfairly advantage a select few at the expense of most students? Just how different are they, anyway?
A first look at today's education news: Virginia starts over with its NCLB-waiver goals, California looks to overhaul pensions, and more
Keeping ethics and results aligned
Let there be controversy
A first look at this morning's education news: Chris Christie takes on teacher unions at the RNC, the GOP's education platform is out, and more
This groundbreaking study uses the largest database of information on special education spending and staffing ever assembled to uncover significant variance in how districts staff for special education. The report concludes that if the high-spending districts studied reduce their staffing in this area to the national median the public could save $10 billion and offers clear recommendations for improving special-education quality and efficiency.
A first look at the education news from the weekend and this morning
A year ago, I compiled a list of the top education policy tweeters, as measured by Klout.com. Here's the latest and greatest list, circa 2012.
A first look at today's education news: Obama challenges Romney on edu-spending, CA students make the grade, and more
Gifted education, selective public schools, and the troubles of one of America's best high schools