Commentary
Curriculum & Instruction
Education and upward mobility
College isn’t the only springboard to the middle class. Michael J. Petrilli
College isn’t the only springboard to the middle class. Michael J. Petrilli
A core assumption of the education-reform movement is that excellent schools can be engines of upward mobility. But what kind of schools? And to what end?
Having worked on educator evaluation reform at a state department of education, I do my best to keep up with developments related to the extremely tough work of state-level implementation. I follow New Jersey’s progress especially closely because I took part in the work there (and I’m certainly biased in its favor).