Peaks & Valleys: Colorado's Charter School Landscape
Todd ZiebarthProgressive Policy InstituteDecember 2005
Todd ZiebarthProgressive Policy InstituteDecember 2005
Frederick M. Hess, editorHarvard Education Press2005
National Center for Education StatisticsDecember 2005
Ohio's new statewide voucher program - set to begin in fall 2006 (see here and here for a brief history) - is showing early signs of over-regulation.
With Gadfly taking next week off, and with me heading for distant places about the time you receive this issue, allow me this opportunity to reflect briefly on the key education events of 2005 and to venture a thought or two for the year ahead.Over the past twelve months, eight happenings shaped the K-12 education story.
Is America's growing concern about falling behind internationally in science and math instruction inadvertently driving aspiring engineers and doctors out of the field? According to a new report from Duke University, the answer is yes. Vivek Wadhwa, a software entrepreneur and the report's co-author, posits that the U.S.
Science class is for real science—and "intelligent design" isn't that. It's more akin to religion. So concluded Judge John E.
Prestigious universities value the letters AP (i.e., Advanced Placement) on an applicant's transcript, maintaining that success in AP courses is the best indicator of success in college. But students looking to score points with admissions officers have begun gaming the system. Many enroll in AP courses but never sit for the accompanying AP exam.