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Curriculum & Instruction
Does Common Core Math expect memorization? A candid conversation with Jason Zimba
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Advanced Education
An unconventional approach: The San Francisco 49ers use football to inspire STEM learning
The San Francisco 49ers are taking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to new heights for children throughout Silicon Valley.
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Charter authorizers have an interest in monitoring school discipline
Editor's note: This is the sixth entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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Charter Schools
For starters, get the basics on charter discipline right
Editor's note: This is the fifth entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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Charter Schools
Dropout-recovery report cards: Are standards set appropriately?
In a previous blog post, we urged Ohio’s newly formed Dropout Prevention and Recovery Study Committee to carefully review the state’s alternative accountability system for dropout-recovery charter schools.
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Charter Schools
How chartering makes possible an entirely new approach to accountability
The purpose of my last post was to suggest that those frustrated with school “accountability” should consider the structural elements that gave rise to our present accountability systems.
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Charter Schools
On charter discipline, deny the premise and pivot to school climate
Editor's note: This is the fourth entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices.
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Charter Schools
Charter boards need to understand school discipline
Editor's note: This is the third entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices. Earlier posts can be found here and here.
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Charter Schools
The HB 2 effect: Ohio is meeting key milestones on the road to charter reform
Eighteen months ago, Ohio proved it was finally serious about cleaning up its charter sector, with Governor Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly placing sponsors (a.k.a. authorizers) at the center of a massive charter law overhaul.
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Charter Schools
Gadfly Bites 7/8/16 - Lots of folks evaluate our evaluation of the EdChoice Scholarship Program
In case you missed it, Fordham Ohio released a new report yesterday—Evaluation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program—a first-of-its kind rigorous examination of the state’s largest voucher program. Say what you will about the frankly disappointing findings but never say that Fordham is afraid to go where the data lead.
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ESSA
Academic distress commissions: A leg up for Ohio in implementing ESSA?
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) required states to identify and intervene in persistently low-performing schools.
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Charter Schools
Suspending belief
Editor's note: This is the second entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices. The first post post is here.
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Charter Schools
The accountability legacy of a hundred-year-old decision
Over the last few months, my work on ESSA implementation and my thinking about new systems of urban schools have come together. I have a new hypothesis. And I think it has some interesting implications.
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ESSA
Proposed ESSA regulations shortchange early learning and violate the law's intention
By Elliot Regenstein
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Charter Schools
Evaluation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program: Foreword
Shortly after Ohio lawmakers enacted a new voucher program in 2005, the state budget office wrote in its fiscal analysis, “The Educational Choice Scholarships are not only intended to offer another route for student success, but also to impel the administration and teaching staff of a failing school building to improve upon their students’ academic performance.” As economist M
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Charter Schools
Reforming disciplinary practices in D.C. and New Orleans charter schools
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Charter Schools, Advanced Education, Curriculum & Instruction
Little California love for charters
Darius Brown’s educational biography,
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Curriculum & Instruction
Becky with the good education: A Twitter hashtag offers a surprising lesson in cultural literacy
By Robert Pondiscio
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ESSA
Change minds, change policies, change practice
Children with extraordinary gifts and talents experience drastically different needs. We parents, teachers, and advocates often get nervous calling attention to bright children, and we often fall into the trap of working under the radar or even making ourselves invisible.
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Charter Schools
Tradeoffs, not absolutes, on suspension and expulsion
Editor's note: This is the first entry in our forum on charter school discipline practices. Mike Petrilli's introductory post is here.
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Charter Schools
Forum: Discipline practices in America's charter schools
At the National Charter Schools Conference last week, Secretary of Education John King challenged U.S.
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Teachers' unions: It could be worse
With her nonstop knack for making waves, getting noticed, and possibly even advancing the interests of her members, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is now on the warpath against hedge fund managers.
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Charter Schools
Rod Paige on the lessons of KIPP and early charters
Editor’s note: On Monday, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools inducted Rod Paige into their Charter School Hall of Fame. Rod’s contributions to education date back over half a century. Most notably, he rose to national prominence as the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District and was appointed the first black secretary of education in 2001.
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By The Company It Keeps: Kaya Henderson
Editor’s note: This interview was originally posted on June 19, 2013, two and a half years into Kaya Henderson’s successful tenure as chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools.
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Charter Schools
Good charters are good choices: Shyanne’s story (Dayton Early College Academy)
I remember the exact moment I became a charter school supporter. It was 2006, and I was a few days away from completing my first year of teaching in Camden, New Jersey. The mother of one of my students wanted to speak with me after school.
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Charter Schools
An interview with Rod Paige
Editor’s note: On Monday, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools inducted Rod Paige into their Charter School Hall of Fame. Rod’s contributions to education date back over half a century. Most notably, he rose to national prominence as the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District and was appointed the first black secretary of education in 2001.
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Advanced Education
Balancing excellence and equity: The twenty-first-century struggle of gifted education
Scott J. Peters
