Despite Reports to the Contrary, New Teachers Are Staying in Their Jobs Longer
The new-teacher attrition rate is not 50 percent. Megan Lail
The new-teacher attrition rate is not 50 percent. Megan Lail
Ivory tower, meet grounded boots. Kevin Mahnken
Debunking the “selection bias” myth. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
Arizona makes passing the U.S. citizenship test a graduation requirement. Other states should too. Robert Pondiscio
A former secretary of education on the gap between policy and practice. Rod Paige
The word around town is that support for annual testing among rank-and-file members of Congress—in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle—is dangerously low. They are constantly hearing complaints from their constituents about the overuse and abuse of standardized tests, and many are eager to do something about it.
At Inside Schools, a website for parents covering New York City schools, reporter
Editor's note: This post appears in response to Michael J. Petrilli and Frederick M. Hess's earlier article.
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Daily News and City Journal.
Proof that such programs do keep kids out of harm’s way. Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D.
Licensing tests to insure teachers know how to teach reading? What a concept! Robert Pondiscio
Education Week’s annual report confuses preschool quality with preschool quantity. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at RegBlog.
The debate over annual testing is important, but it’s no Brown v. Board of Education. Frederick M. Hess and Michael J. Petrilli
Monday afternoon, a Washington, D.C., metro rail train stopped in a tunnel not far from a major station, and the car began filling with smoke. Soon the lights went off and, though many passengers were struggling to breathe, they were told by metro employees to stay put.
Last week, I explained the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (a.k.a. No Child Left Behind) in a single table:
Free community college diverts resources away from more pressing problems. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Overachieving Andy already beat me to the punch with ten thoughts about the secretary’s speech today.
As I wrote last week, with the ESEA reauthorization process heating up, lots of advocates are now trying to influence the congressional deliberations. Secretary Duncan weighed in this morning.
In AEI’s latest Vision Talks video, Arthur Brooks, its president and the happiest man in the think-tank world, argues that public-policy advocates need to make a better cas
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form on the Tools for the Common Core Standards blog.
The ed-policy world is abuzz: ESEA now probably stands a better chance of being reauthorized than at any time since NCLB’s signing, thirteen years ago yesterday.