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Commentary
8.21.2019
Accountability & Testing, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Standards

The kids who had been “left behind” are doing much better today than 25 years ago. But what about everyone else?

Michael J. Petrilli

The past quarter-century has included dramatic progress of America’s lowest-performing students, many of whom are also low-income and children of color. But how’s the vast middle class doing? It’s a mixed bag: They still don’t read very well, but their math skills have improved a bit and they are graduating from college in higher and higher numbers.

Commentary
8.21.2019
Charter Schools, Governance

Democratic presidential candidates are wrong: Racist redlining caused school segregation, not charter schools

Derrell Bradford

During a political campaign, the savviest candidates excel at two things. First, they offer a compelling message that differentiates them from their competitors. Second—which demands true skill and sophistry—they ascribe all their own failings to those very same competitors, forcing them to answer for political, policy and social issues for which they are not responsible.

Commentary
8.21.2019
Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education, Personalized Learning

Can AP ease Gotham’s selective-high-school deadlock?

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan

Controversy surrounds New York City’s selective-admission high schools and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to change the time-honored path by which students gain entry to them; the dispute largely concerns how to ration the limited supply of a valued commodity in the face of mounting demand.

Commentary
8.21.2019
Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

Training teachers and principals to support the needs of diverse students

Tran Le

A new report by William Johnston and Christopher Young from the RAND Corporation examines the perspectives of teachers and principals about their pre-service training programs, with an emphasis on their preparation for work with non-white and low-income students.

Podcast
8.21.2019
Accountability & Testing

The Education Gadfly Show: The homecoming court edition

On this week’s podcast, Jeremy Tate, CEO of the Classic Learning Test, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what classical learning is and why it’s important. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether popular children have an outsized influence on their peers.