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The Coates-Miranda edition
In this week’s podcast, Robert Pondiscio and Alyssa Schwenk contrast the views of two MacArthur “geniuses,” weigh the role of “life experiences” in the college admissions process, and question reform critics’ push to block John King’s confirmation as education secretary. In the Research Minute, Amber Northern explains how DCPS gathers various data on teacher hiring but doesn't make the best use of them.
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Education reform's women—and the credit and opportunities they deserve
When the history of this era’s urban-education reform movement is written, four big policy innovations are sure to get attention: the nation’s first voucher program, first charter law, first mayor-controlled charter authorizer, and first “
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Detroit is failing its students, and politicians are failing Detroit
After roughly a year of presidential politicking during which education has been given short shrift, two primary debates over the past few days have restored the issue to news cycle relevance. Both were held in troubled Michigan cities in advance of today’s crucial primary.
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Ohio school report cards: The end of education’s era of good feelings
The "ratings bubble" bursts for Ohio’s schools and districts
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Pencils down: What I learned from studying the quality of state tests
Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of blog posts that takes a closer look at the findings and implications of Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments, Fordham’s new first-of-its-kind report.
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How well do next-generation tests measure higher-order thinking skills?
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that takes a closer look at the findings and implications of Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments, Fordham’s new first-of-its-kind report.
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The Oscars edition
In this week’s podcast, Joel Rose of New Classrooms joins Mike Petrilli to discuss how technology makes “differentiation” doable, non-cognitive skills under ESSA, and the future of Success Academies in New York City. In the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how teacher reforms have affected teacher effectiveness.
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The effect of teacher demographic representation on student attendance and suspensions
By Jamie Davies O’Leary
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Charter Schools
The next phase of D.C. reform
If you’re at all interested in Washington, D.C. schools, you should read this excellent report by David Osborne. It serves as a quick and comprehensive history lesson on the city’s last two decades of reform.
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Leaving talent on the table: Fixing gifted education in America
Talk is cheap.For decades, elected officials, education leaders, and others have consumed much oxygen talking about the challenges facing our nation from countries doing a much better job developing their academic talent.Despite this the reality is that we have largely failed to address this concern as many of our most talented children are being overlooked and uncultivated.
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Can higher standards survive their own success?
On the campaign trail, Senator Ted Cruz reliably wins applause with a call to "repeal every word of Common Core." It's a promise he will be hard-pressed to keep should he find himself in the White House next January.
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Five ways to stop wasting teachers' time with ineffective professional development
Any teacher worth his salt can recognize that there are differences among students that must be taken into account in the classroom. Why, then, can’t we acknowledge that the same is true for teachers?
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Introducing the Fordham Institute’s 2015 Annual Report
Editor's note: This letter appeared in the 2015 Thomas B. Fordham Institute Annual Report. To learn more, download the report. Dear Fordham Friends,
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Bernie Sanders quotes about education
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on May 4, 2015.
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Marco Rubio quotes about education
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on April 27, 2015.
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Ted Cruz quotes about education
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on April 29, 2015.
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John Kasich quotes about education
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on July 21, 2015.
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Ben Carson quotes about education
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on May 5, 2015.
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This time it's personal: Round two of Vergara v. California
If you take an interest in the intersection of American education and law, the news this month has clearly been dominated by one story: The death of Antonin Scalia has transformed the ideological complexion of the Supreme Court during
