Fighting social promotion in New York City
Today's New York Times reports on a new RAND study evaluating the Big Apple's attempts to end "social promotion," the egregious practice of simply passing students on to the next gr
Today's New York Times reports on a new RAND study evaluating the Big Apple's attempts to end "social promotion," the egregious practice of simply passing students on to the next gr
Today, Secretary Duncan is giving a speech about the federal role in education (check out Jamie's post about the speech??
Though I wasn't crazy about Secretary Duncan's speech today about federalism, his recent comments to the AP about Race to the Top applications were quite encouraging. In this AEI report, I warned about "Trojan Horse" proposals.
If you ask me, the Fordham team has had a shockingly fecund and entertaining blogging week. Videos, interviews, pictures of wooden horses, charts, graphs, and more...not to mention some analysis of education stuff! I figured the best way to end this exciting week would be to point you to a law journal article! Smokin' hot!
Arne Duncan seems to be everywhere lately - even popping up last week on the Colbert Report.
The Ohio Department of Education recently spotlighted an innovative partnership between Dayton Public Schools and Sinclair Community College that has established a unique
I'm in Denver for the annual PIE-Net conference and had the pleasure of moderating a panel on the Common Standards effort with Mike Cohen, David Coleman, and
Quotable: "K-12 education has come under pressure that it has not seen in decades. The only bright note is the money provided under the ARRA." -Arturo Perez, fiscal analyst for the National Conference of State Legislatures
Alex Johnston, CEO of ConnCAN an education reform organization in Connecticut, was recently appoin