Digital learning debate not dying down
To parse the debate swirling around digital learning’s potential and the policy challenges it poses, Fordham will host several leading lights on the subject at our D.C. office on April 19.
To parse the debate swirling around digital learning’s potential and the policy challenges it poses, Fordham will host several leading lights on the subject at our D.C. office on April 19.
Alfie Kohn’s startling message on schools may be hurting America's poorest students.
Catching up on the wit and wisdom from the week of March 19, 2012
A look back at wit and wisdom from the Fordham Institute’s blogs for the week of March 12, 2012
Perhaps Rep. Miller and his allies are "conservatives" on education after all.
The Education Department’s flawed approach to equity
NCTQ Director of Teacher Preparation Studies Robert Rickenbrode explains the significance of the program described in Fordham's latest report, "Teacher Compensation Based on Effectiveness: The Harrison (CO) School District's Pay-for-Performance Plan."
Michelle Rhee and Eric Lerum of StudentsFirst analyze the Harrison School District's approach to teacher compensation.
Fordham's latest report profiles the Harrison (CO) School District's innovative pay-for-performance teacher compensation plan.
This report, authored by Superintendent Mike Miles, takes a detailed look at the Harrison (CO) School District 2's Pay-for-Performance Plan. The Harrison Plan confronted the dual challenges of defining an effective teacher and identifying all the things that demonstrate her effectiveness. This how-to guide is meant to serve as a tool and model for Ohio’s school districts.
Mike provides his take on how to approach the integration issue from a recent panel discussion co-hosted by the Century Foundation, Howard University, and the Fordham Institute
Should truant students be treated as criminals?
Here’s a quick review of what Fordham’s bloggers had to say this week.
Stop obsessing with the "tight" and start rallying around the "loose"
Catch up on the Education Department's new report on student discipline by watching last night's PBS NewsHour discussion with Checker and the University of California, Berkeley's Christopher Edley, Jr.
Mike proposes a private-sector department of education, but run much more efficiently and with higher-quality staff than the government ever could.
Watch the full video from "Weighing the Waivers: Did the Administration Get It Right on ESEA Flexibility?"
His contributions to America's vitality—and sanity—deserve to celebrated. And his absence to be mourned.
A look back at some of Fordham’s best posts for the week of February 27, 2012
Tomorrow morning, the Fordham Institute will host experts from the media, the Administration, and think tanks to answer at “Weighing the Waivers: Did the Administration Get It Right on ESEA Flexibility?”
The Hoover Institution's Eric Hanushek weighs in on variation in teacher quality between schools.
We are obligated to respect the office of President of the United States but nobody needs to agree with what the occupant of that office says. And Barack Obama could not have been more wrong in his remarks yesterday to the nation's governors on the subject of school teachers.
With the House Education and the Workforce Committee marking up two bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (a.k.a. No Child Left Behind) today, look back at Mike Petrilli's analysis of where Congress disagrees and what a compromise could look like.
Guest blogger Marc Tucker explains that the U.S. is not only not in the game of learning from other countries' education systems, it does not even know the game is being played.
The finding that really good, and really bad, teachers are evenly distributed around New York City upends everything we thought we knew about teacher quality.
Why it just doesn't make sense for every school to be required to handle every type of learning disability.
A look back at commentary and analysis from the Fordham Institute’s blogs for the week of February 20.