Getting under the hood of the testing consortia
On Monday, we kick off By the Company It Keeps
On Monday, we kick off By the Company It Keeps
Mike Petrilli debates Deborah Meier on Bridging Differences
On the thirtieth anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," Dr. Bennett spoke at the Fordham Institute on the state of American Education
Republicans make a colossal—but reversible—error on the Common Core
The College Board and ACT have entered the ring
Alabama’s decision to drop out of both consortia and choose a battery of ACT exams is enormous
Lone Star State moves to lower its own standards
Will the new science standards make the grade?
Andy's picks, from Kansas City to CALDER
Andy Smarick's pick of the news
Keeping up with education headlines
Online and blended learning alter some of the most basic characteristics of traditional schooling—and the ripples extend much, much farther
Andy Smarick's pick of recent education news
Options for students, not parents
The new National Children's Museum, like our kids' social-studies curriculum, doesn't teach much of anything
Andy Smarick's pick of the news, from PARCC to Zuckerberg
MOOCs in size small, please
It isn't going to be easy for David Coleman and his fellow authors of the Common Core English/Language Arts standards to wean U.S. students off writing about themselves.
The middle path to technology in education
The cumbersome, inscrutable title is the first clue that something is not right: “Vision for the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3): Framework for Inquiry in Social Studies State Standards.”
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute's recent study of teacher-union strength is an example of the institute's willingness to "get into the weeds" of standards
100 books every child should encounter by age five.
Let there be controversy
If at first you don't succeed...
No single public school is expected to serve students with every single type of disability. Except, apparently, public charter schools.
Success requires failure
On integration and differentiation
Encouraging hard work in the nanny state.