A tribute to the work of E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
A luminary on the importance of a sequential, content-rich curriculum.
A luminary on the importance of a sequential, content-rich curriculum.
The American Federation for Children applauds the folks over at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute for stirring up debate about academic accountability within private-school-choice programs via the release of their policy “toolkit” last week.
It’s no fun to argue with friends—at least not about serious matters—and worse to find respected colleagues slipping into error or avoiding reality.
The funny thing about eras is that it’s hard to know which one you are in until it is coming to an end. As the fighting among conservatives heats up over the Common Core, the era of standards-driven reform that has defined conservative education policy for the past three decades is brought into sharper relief.
From 2000 to 2010, the white share of the District of Columbia’s population grew from 30.8 percent to38 percent .