Despite the continued controversy surrounding Common Core, the vast majority of states that originally adopted the standards have chosen to stick with them. But the same can’t be said of several new standards-aligned assessments.
Even a careful observer of education policy could wonder, “Who’s actually in charge of public schooling?” That is, at which level of government does the buck stop?
If a Supreme Court case yields an outcome that virtually every observer predicted, it’s tempting to dismiss the underlying legal issues as predetermined. But what if the result also confounds the expectations of those same prognosticators from just six weeks prior? Something extraordinary must have taken place, right?
Mike Petrilli and Rick Hess take a tipsy trip from 1789 to 2016.
On this week's podcast, Robert Pondiscio and Alyssa Schwenk discuss Sean "Diddy" Combs's new Harlem charter school, the fizzling out of the Friedrichs Supreme Court case, and America's lack of effective teacher training. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews the 2016 Brown Center Report on American Education.
By David Griffith
By Robert Pondiscio
The fourth installment of our occasional series presenting differing views on an education issue
Education Cities and Great Schools recently released a useful new educational data tool called the Education Equality Index (EEI), which allows users to compare cities and states across the nation that are “closing the achievement gap.” The tool compiles school-level low-income student achievement data (2011–2014), comp
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By Jamie Davies O’Leary
A recent report showing low levels of participation by black, Hispanic, and low-income students in the gifted and talented programs of Montgomery County underscores the significant challenges befo
Schools are supposed to be the great equalizers. Yet it is far too difficult to tell which cities or states do the most to ensure that all children receive equitable access to strong public schools.
There’s little doubt that education and opportunity are tightly joined in the twenty-first-century economy. Almost every week brings a new study demonstrating that highly skilled workers are being rewarded with stronger pay and excellent workingconditions, while Americans with few skills are struggling mightily.
