First Bell 5-8-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at today's education news: The Louisiana Supreme Court rules that the state's current method of funding its voucher program is unconstitutional, California universities reach out to disadvantaged students early on, and more
First Bell 5-7-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at today's education news: Christine Quinn supports providing more gifted-and-talented spots for NYC's high-flying kids, high schoolers not headed into STEM careers may not need advanced algebra, and more
Fixing Pell grants
The federal government should inject an element of merit into the selection of Pell grantees
District replacers, drama standards, and cranky composing
From urban schools to Common Core to contrary ed reformers, Andy Smarick has you covered
First Bell 5-6-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at education news from this weekend and today: Gov. Snyder and Secretary Duncan will discuss education policy in Detroit, the U.S. Department of Justice tells Wisconsin that voucher-receiving private schools must comply with federal Americans with Disabilities Act, and more
First Bell 5-3-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at today's education news: Detroit schools emergency manager Roy Roberts will step down, Texas considers a teacher-evaluation revamp, and more
Replication, rural, resistance, reauthorization, and revamping
Andy Smarick's picks of the week
First Bell 5-2-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at today's education news: Teachers at UNO have voted to unionize, computer problems in three states have hindered testing, and more
Pell grants shouldn’t pay for remedial college
Michael J. PetrilliCollege aid should go to the college-ready
First Bell 5-1-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at today's education news: The parent-trigger bill failed in the Florida Senate (again), the Waltons give $8 million to StudentsFirst, and more
Bill Bennett on the state of American education
Michelle LernerOn the thirtieth anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," Dr. Bennett spoke at the Fordham Institute on the state of American Education
Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical
In this installment of the Education Next book club, host Mike Petrilli talks with Michelle Rhee about her new autobiography
First Bell 4-30-13
Pamela TatzA quick look at today's education news: Randi Weingarten calls for a moratorium on the stakes attached to Common Core-aligned tests, states' pre-K financing is spread thin over too many students, and more
The pre-K lobby enters the spin cycle
Michael J. PetrilliThe headline that "per pupil funding" of pre-K is "down dramatically" is incredibly misleading
One giant leap for teacher development
Leap Year, TNTP's latest offering, looks under the hood of the first year of teaching
First Bell 4-29-13
Pamela TatzA first look at the news from this weekend and today: The evidence mounts against turning around schools, Texas's rigid truancy laws may be on their way out, and more
First Bell 4-26-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Florida may consider tests other than PARCC, dissident teachers in Mexico ramp up protests, and more
Chris Barbic, Nelson Smith, Landry Clarke & Gene Gene the Dancing Machine
Smith's new brief tells the story of the still-young Achievement School District in Tennessee
Redefining the School District in Tennessee
Michelle LernerAn alternative to the traditional school district with the potential to turn failing schools around has emerged
First Bell 4-23-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: A new Pew survey finds that U.S. teens aren't doing as badly in science as the public fears, Algebra 2 will become an elective in Florida's high schools, and more
Why don’t schools embrace good ideas?
Michael J. PetrilliMaybe it isn't as simple as changing incentives
First Bell 4-22-13
Pamela TatzA first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Pearson is under fire in both NYC and Texas, Hawaii finally has a teacher contract, and more
Proud to be a private public school parent
Michael J. PetrilliThere's public, and then there's “public.”
First Bell 4-18-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: A coalition of parents petitions NYC for more gifted and talented spots, Brown University is set to offer an engineering MOOC for high schoolers, and more
The RNC on the CCSSI, OMG!
Michael J. PetrilliRepublicans make a colossal—but reversible—error on the Common Core
Will the assessment consortia wither away?
Chester E. Finn, Jr.The College Board and ACT have entered the ring
First Bell 4-17-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Florida teachers are suing over the state's teacher-evaluation formula, the CTU zeroes in on ousting Rahm, and more
Redefining the School District in Tennessee
Nelson SmithAs the challenges of education governance loom ever larger and the dysfunction and incapacity of the traditional K-12 system reveal themselves as major roadblocks to urgently-needed reforms across that system, many have asked, “What’s the alternative?”