First Bell 4-11-13
A first look at today's education news: Simply explaining college admissions processes makes high-achieving students more likely to apply to colleges that match their abilities, robot teachers are on the loose, and more
A first look at today's education news: Simply explaining college admissions processes makes high-achieving students more likely to apply to colleges that match their abilities, robot teachers are on the loose, and more
Lone Star State moves to lower its own standards
Will the new science standards make the grade?
A first look at today's education news: The final NGSS draft and President Obama's budget proposal are out, most LAUSD students aren't prepared for college, and more
A first look at today's education news: Britain's Iron Lady is memorialized, NYC's revamped gifted screening process didn't change much, and more
Foreign policy isn’t all that Margaret Thatcher and her team had in common with Ronald Reagan and his
A first look at today's education news: Bill Gates cautions against overusing standardized tests in teacher evaluations, NYC teachers are staying in their jobs longer, and more
Intelligently mend test-based accountability, don't end it
Andy's picks, from Kansas City to CALDER
A first look at today's education news: Mississippi passes legislation providing $3 million to partially fund pre-K programs, a look at Tennessee's Achievement School District, and more
A new book from Sir Michael Barber, noted British education reformer, describes an effort to improve education in rural Pakistan
It's a stretch—education is a classic social issue, while education reform is largely a governance challenge
A first look at today's education news: "Cram schools" are gaining popularity, Texas considers scaling back its high school graduation requirements, and more
A first look at today's education news: Atlanta's former schools chief and three-dozen others have been indicted for test fraud, the common-assessment consortia will undergo a federal review process, and more
A collection of news and announcements
Featuring (in order of appearance): Michael Petrilli - Executive Vice President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute Amber Winkler - Vice President for Research, Thomas B. Fordham Institute John Chubb - Interim CEO, Education Sector Anne L. Bryant - Executive Director, National School Boards Association Gene I. Maeroff - Founding Director, Hechinger Institute Mike Miles - Superintendent, Dallas ISD Christopher S. Barclay - President, Montgomery County Board of Education, Maryland Geoffrey Jones - founding principal, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Chester E. Finn, Jr. - President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute Rick Hess - Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
A first look at today's education news: Connecticut schools have begun to tighten graduation requirements, "Bring Your Own Device" may lead to a "digital divide," and more
A first look at today's education news: A report finds that NJ's pre-K program has lasting benefits, Gov. Branstad of Iowa proposes raising teacher salaries and offering incentive pay to teachers, and more
A first look at today's education news: The Indiana Supreme Court upholds the state's school-voucher program, NAEP will administer a new test on technology and engineering literacy, and more
A first look at today's education news: New Jersey takes over the Camden school district, NY State legislators pave the way to end the teacher-evaluation standoff, and more
Even as national and international exams tell us American high schoolers aren't making significant achievement gains, freshmen SAT scores at the nation's top colleges keep rising
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Chicago's fifty-four school closures has communities in an uproar, districts seek greater flexibility with the funds they have, and more
A first look at today's education news: Chicago closes fifty-four public schools, there are signs of life in NYC's teacher-evaluation debate, and more
The stories of these historical giants have three associations particularly relevant to the work of education reform
A first look at today's education news: NY's new budget will help NYC schools recuperate dollars lost during the teacher-evaluation debacle, U.S. school buildings are alarmingly out of date, and more
When charter schools first emerged more than two decades ago, they presented an innovation in public school governance. No longer would school districts enjoy the “exclusive franchise” to own and operate public schools, as chartering pioneer and advocate Ted Kolderie explained. Charters wouldn’t gain all of the independence of private schools—they would still report to a publicly accountable body, or authorizer—but they would be largely freed from the micromanagement of school boards, district bureaucracies, and union contracts. Autonomy, in exchange for accountability, would reign supreme.
Andy Smarick's pick of the news